The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

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

PG 1987 · 100 min · ★ 7.7 · TV Movie, Drama, Family

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.

Directed by Alan Grint · Written by Blanche Hanalis

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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
Margaret Whiting Nurse Boggs

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