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The Secret Garden (1987)
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.
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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.
Rating:PG
Genre:TV Movie, Drama, Family
Written By:Blanche Hanalis
In Theaters:11/30/1987
Box Office:
Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Viacom Productions, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Rosemont Productions
Cast
Alan Grint
Director
Gennie James
Mary Lennox
Barret Oliver
Dickon Sowerby
Jadrien Steele
Colin Craven
Michael Hordern
Ben Weatherstaff
Billie Whitelaw
Mrs. Medlock
Derek Jacobi
Archibald Craven
Cassie Stuart
Martha Sowerby
Pat Heywood
Mrs. Sowerby
Alison Doody
Lilias
Edward Tudor-Pole
John the Footman
David Waller
Dr. Craven
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