Robbie

Robbie (1979) is a horror film directed by Ronald Dunkley rated 6.0/10.

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".

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.