The Secret Garden (1987)

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The timeless tale of a special place where magic, hope and love grow.

When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She wishes to discover what has caused him so much sorrow and to bring joy back to the household. It all must have something to do with the screams and wails which echo through the house at night and no one wants to talk about.

• Released: 1987-11-30
• Genres: TV Movie, Drama, Family
• Runtime: 1h 40m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.7/10 from 50 votes

Directed by Alan Grint.

Top cast

• Gennie James as Mary Lennox
• Barret Oliver as Dickon Sowerby
• Jadrien Steele as Colin Craven
• Michael Hordern as Ben Weatherstaff
• Billie Whitelaw as Mrs. Medlock
• Derek Jacobi as Archibald Craven
• Cassie Stuart as Martha Sowerby
• Pat Heywood as Mrs. Sowerby
• Alison Doody as Lilias
• Edward Tudor-Pole as John the Footman

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