The Amazing Mr. Blunden

The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) is a family, fantasy film directed by Lionel Jeffries rated 6.6/10.

Mysterious old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in their squalid, tiny Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. The family become the housekeepers to a derelict country mansion in the charge of the solicitors. One day the children meet the spirits of two other children who died in the mansion nearly a hundred years prior. The children prepare a magic potion that allows them to travel backwards in time to the era of the ghost children. Will the children be able to help their new friends and what will happen to them if they do?

Cast

Laurence Naismith

Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden

Lynne Frederick

Lucy Allen

Garry Miller

James "Jamie" Allen

Rosalyn Landor

Sara Catherine Latimer

Marc Granger

Georgie Richard Latimer

Diana Dors

Mrs. Wickens the Housekeeper

Dorothy Alison

Mrs. Richard Allen

James Villiers

Uncle Bertie (Albert)

Madeline Smith

Bella (Arabella)

David Lodge

Mr. Wickens

Stuart Lock

Thomas Mortimer

Deddie Davies

Meakin, Mrs. Wickens' Servant