Robbie

Robbie

13 mins | Horror | Jan. 2, 1979

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".

Robbie

13 mins | Horror | Jan. 2, 1979

Robbie
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".
Producers British Transport Films
Original title Robbie
Directors Ronald Dunkley
Writers Ronald Dunkley

Cast

Peter Purves

as Narrator

Robin Crane

as Robbie

Peter Bolt

as Bert

Gary Forbes

as Jake

Alison Bond

as Sally

Philippa Howell

as W.P.C.