Robbie
7.5
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".
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Cast
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Peter Purves
Narrator
Known for
Doctor Who
Robin Crane
Robbie
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James Ritchie
Richard Best
Ronald Dunkley
Deborah Norton
Mum
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Ronald Craigen
Peter Bolt
Bert
Gary Forbes
Jake
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Alison Bond
Sally
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Matthew Roberton
P.C.
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Philippa Howell
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Ronald Dunkley Director · Ronald Craigen Cinematographer Richard Best Editor
First release January 2, 1979 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
British Transport Films
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 2, 1979
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