Goodnight, Mister Tom

Goodnight, Mister Tom

108 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 25, 1998

We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the navy during WWI, and grief has made him a surly hermit. Now children evacuated from London are overwhelming volunteers to house them. Practically under protest, Mr. Tom takes in a painfully quiet 10-year-old, who gradually reveals big problems.

Goodnight, Mister Tom

108 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 25, 1998

Goodnight, Mister Tom
We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the navy during WWI, and grief has made him a surly hermit. Now children evacuated from London are overwhelming volunteers to house them. Practically under protest, Mr. Tom takes in a painfully quiet 10-year-old, who gradually reveals big problems.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Carlton Television, WGBH Boston
Original title Goodnight, Mister Tom
Directors Jack Gold
Writers Michelle Magorian, Brian Finch

Cast

John Thaw

as Tom Oakley

Nick Robinson

as William Beech

Annabelle Apsion

as Mrs. Beech

Thomas Orange

as Zacharias Wrench

William Armstrong

as Dr. Stelton

Geoffrey Beevers

as Vicar

Mossie Smith

as Mrs. Fletcher

Peter England

as Michael Fletcher

Ivan Berry

as George Fletcher

Harry Capehorn

as Edward Fletcher