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Goodnight Mr Tom ()

Goodnight, Mister Tom (original title)
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A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.
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Tom Oakley
Nick Robinson ...
William Beech
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Mrs. Beech
Thomas Orange ...
Zacharias Wrench
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Dr. Stelton
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Vicar
Mossie Smith ...
Alice Fletcher
Peter England ...
Michael Fletcher
Ivan Berry ...
George Fletcher
Harry Capehorn ...
Edward Fletcher
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Postmistress
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Mrs. Webster
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Dr. Little
Denyse Alexander ...
Mrs. Little
Avril Elgar ...
Mrs. Ford
Michael Cronin ...
Postmaster
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Annie Hartridge
Thomas Russell ...
David Hartridge
Stephanie Perry ...
Ginnie Thatcher
Tanya Perry ...
Carrie Thatcher
Edward Clayton ...
Train Guard
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Ralph Briggs
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Gladys Rigby
Hugh Hayes ...
Police Constable
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Dr. Perry (as Toby Whitehouse)
Caroline Lintott ...
Nurse Green
Robert Oates ...
PC Charnock
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Mr. Greenway

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Jack Gold

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Brian Finch ... (screenplay by)
 
Michelle Magorian ... (based on a novel by)

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Chris Burt ... producer (as Christopher Burt)
Ted Childs ... executive producer
Ray Frift ... associate producer
Lewis Rudd ... executive producer

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Carl Davis ... (music composed and conducted by)

Cinematography by

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Chris O'Dell

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Jamie McCoan

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Marc Eskenazi ... video post-production
Joanna Garrard ... assistant editor (as Jo Garrard)

Casting By

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Joyce Nettles

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Don Taylor

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Mark Kebby

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Elizabeth Waller

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Sally Harrison ... makeup and hair artist
Maureen Hetherington ... makeup and hair design
Christine Whitney ... makeup and hair artist

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Joanna Beckett ... unit manager

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Ben Burt ... assistant director
Michael Mallinson ... first assistant director
Steve Robinson ... assistant director

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Paul Bradburn ... prop man
John Bush ... set dresser
Nicola Chandler ... assistant art director
Colin Ellis ... dressing props
Derek Honeybun ... painter
Bill Keenan ... rigger
John Keenan ... stagehand
Inge Loeffen ... assistant art director
Raymond Perry ... property master
Daniel Rogers ... carpenter
Terry Royce ... prop man
Chris Sibley-Hale ... carpenter
Nick Turnbull ... prop man
Lloyd Vincent ... props
Joe Willmott ... carpenter

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John Downer ... digital sound editor
Sarah Morton ... digital sound editor
Terry Sharratt ... boom operator
Ian Tapp ... dubbing mixer
Bruce White ... sound recordist

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Mark Thomas-Stubbs ... digital artist (uncredited)

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Christian Abomnes ... focus puller
Steve Alcorn ... camera operator
Martin Cox ... electrician
Vince Goddard ... chief electrician
Davey Logan ... camera grip (as David Logan)
Carl McGillivray ... electrician
Mickey Peerless ... electrician
Ken Redford ... electrician
Neil Robinson ... clapper loader

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Anna Houghton ... wardrobe mistress
Colin Lavers ... wardrobe supervisor

Location Management

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Jo Beckett ... assistant location manager
Russell Lodge ... location manager
Mark Sanger ... location assistant (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Pauline Harlow ... script supervisor
Rob Pursey ... script editor

Additional Crew

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Neil Chaplin ... production accountant
Wayne Docksey ... animal consultant
Christine Fenton ... production coordinator
Valerie Rosewell ... assistant accountant
Sarah Walden ... producer's assistant
Andrew Jack ... dialect coach (uncredited)
Stuart Morton ... rushes synchronisation (uncredited)

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Simon P. Thorp ... thanks (as Simon P Thorp)

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Plot Summary

We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the navy during WWI, and grief has made him a surly hermit. Now children evacuated from London are overwhelming volunteers to house them. Practically under protest, Mr. Tom takes in a painfully quiet 10-year-old, who gradually reveals big problems. William nightly wets the bed. He can't read or write, although he is intelligent and shows artistic talent. He constantly dreads going to hell. Scars cover his back. Mr. Tom soon realizes that his little boarder comes from a horribly abusive home, and determines to provide him a better one. All goes well until William's mother persuades him to return to London for a few days' visit. When Mr. Tom hears nothing from the boy after two weeks, he can endure the loneliness and worry no longer. Written by Paul Emmons

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Also Known As
  • Goodnight Mr Tom (United States)
  • Masterpiece Theatre: Goodnight Mister Tom (United States)
  • Bonne nuit monsieur Tom (France)
  • Jó éjt, Mr. Tom! (Hungary)
  • На добраніч, містере Томе (Ukraine)
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  • 101 min
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Trivia The exterior village scenes were filmed in Turville, Buckinghamshire, UK. The same village was used for the BBC sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley". Mr Tom's home is Sleepy Cottage and adjoins the Dibley vicarage, which is partially hidden by a wooden shed. In Dibley, Harry supposedly lives at Sleepy Cottage, but a property up the lane was actually used, giving the characters more space to walk. See more »
Goofs During this programme we sometimes get a view of other houses / cottages in the village. It is a shame that with all the other detail and thought that went into the making of it, no one thought to remove or disguise the UHF television aerials on their rooves ! You would not have seen an aerial of that type on a roof until the mid 1960's when BBC2 came into being. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Goodnight, Mister Tom (1999). See more »
Quotes Mr. Greenway: But then it isn't the boy's welfare this is all about, really. Is it, Mr. Oakley?
Tom Oakley: Isn't it?
Mr. Greenway: No, it's about you, I'd say. Your welfare.
Tom Oakley: Me?
Mr. Greenway: A lonely and, from what I hear, embittered old man, facing a lonely and bitter old age.
Tom Oakley: You really think that's the only reason I want him back? Just to be company for me when I'm past it?
Mr. Greenway: Well, isn't it? Basically?
Tom Oakley: No, it bloody well isn't! And I resent the implication!
Mr. Greenway: Doesn't it bother you at all that when you're seventy, he's still going to be in his teens?
Tom Oakley: 'Course it bothers me. I'm not stupid, you know. There's not a lot we can do about that, is there? Look, I know it's not an ideal situation, anything but, but... But put it this way: it's got to be a damn sight more ideal than your Dr. Stelton in there turning him into some sort of human guinea pig.
Mr. Greenway: Just tell me one thing, Mr. Oakley. Why is the boy suddenly so important to you? He's an evacuee, for God's sake. And one at that, as I understand it, you took violent exception to having foisted on you in the first place.
Tom Oakley: Isn't it obvious?
Mr. Greenway: Not to me, no. Nor to Dr. Stelton.
Tom Oakley: Because I love him, of course. As if he was my own flesh and blood, I do. And for what it's worth, I think he loves me as well.
Mr. Greenway: And is that really enough, do you think, in this day and age?
Tom Oakley: Well, I suppose it has to be, hasn't it, Mr. Greenway? In this day and age or any other. Because if it isn't, what else is there, eh?
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