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Robbie

Robbie (1979)

0h 13m | PG-13

⭐ 6 / 10

Young Robbie, a keen footballer and a railway enthusiast, is persuaded by his big brother to go through a hole in a railway fence on to the track for some reason. His laces become caught on the tracks and he has an accident so serious that he will never play football again. A film for showing to eight to eleven-year old children and their parents, which points out the folly of breaking railway fences and trespassing on the line, and illustrates the immediate dangers. Part of BFI collection "The Age of the Train".

Director: Ronald Dunkley

Studio: British Transport Films

Genre: Horror

Video: 720p

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Cast

Peter Purves

Peter Purves

as Narrator

Robin Crane

Robin Crane

as Robbie

Deborah Norton

Deborah Norton

as Mum

Peter Bolt

Peter Bolt

as Bert

Gary Forbes

Gary Forbes

as Jake

Alison Bond

Alison Bond

as Sally