Robbie

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Ronald Dunkley

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Release date

2 January 1979

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Peter Purves

  Narrator

• Robin Crane

  Robbie

• Deborah Norton

  Mum

• Peter Bolt

  Bert

• 

  Gary Forbes

  Jake

• Alison Bond

  Sally

• Matthew Roberton

  P.C.

• Philippa Howell

  W.P.C.