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Runaway Railway (1965)

Runaway Railway poster
Directed by
Jan Darnley-Smith
Genre
family, adventure, crime
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
55 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of children discover an old steam locomotive. They decide to try and run it themselves, getting into various scrapes along the way.

lightheartedwhimsicalbriskplayfulcozyfamily-orientedadventurouscheerful

What happens

Runaway Railway is a 1965 British family adventure film directed by Jan Darnley-Smith and starring John Moulder-Brown, Kevin Bennett, Ronnie Barker and Graham Stark. The screenplay was by Michael Barnes from an original story by Henry Geddes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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