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22 December 1979 (USA) moreAwards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Touching and Satisfying moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jill Eikenberry | ... | Emma Symms |
| Kevin Dobson | ... | Frank Carlin |
| Linda Manz | ... | Sarah |
| Graham Fletcher-Cook | ... | Liverpool |
| Melissa Michaelsen | ... | J.P. |
 | Glenn Close | ... | Jessica |
| Morgan Farley | ... | Mr. McGarrity |
| Severn Darden | ... | Barrington |
| Charles Fields | ... | Mouse (as Charlie Fields) |
| Peter Neuman | ... | Ben |
| John Femia | ... | Tony Santini |
| Sara Inglis | ... | Annie (as Sarah Ingliss) |
| Andreas Manske | ... | Dutch |
| Scott Rogers | ... | Bruce |
| Justine Johnston | ... | Mrs. Comstock |
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MonoFilming Locations:
Savannah, Georgia, USAFAQ
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Has the quality of the best Disney films but with a little bit of a darker aspect. The lives of abandoned children in 1840's New York was horrific to say the least.
Most touching of all are the moments when the orphan children and childless couples come together in the frontier towns of the midwest of the period.
Movie led me to do some reading on the subject and the overall story of the orphan trains is true and the various children's stories are all created from true stories of the time.
One weird discrepancy is the train travels from New York to then-frontier Illinois and seems to pass through Colorado type mountains and far-western desert type scenery. Strange.
I know the 1840's NY settings were recreated on a budget but sometimes little flaws could have been avoided (an obvious dead-bolt 20th century lock on a door for instance).
Held my attention to the end and tear-jerked a few tears.