The Amazing Mr. Blunden

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

2021 · 90 min · ★ 6.3 · Fantasy, Family, Adventure, TV Movie

Jamie and Lucy have an encounter with what appears to be a pair of ghost children. But these spooky kids, Sara and Georgie, aren’t actually ghosts. They’ve travelled forwards in time to seek help, believing they’re going to be murdered by the wicked Mr and Mrs Wickens. And Lucy and Jamie’s strange visitor seems to be the key to it all. With his help, they must travel back to 1821 to save Sara and Georgie and redeem their remorseful new friend – The Amazing Mr Blunden.

Directed by Mark Gatiss · Written by Mark Gatiss

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Simon Callow Mr. Blunden
Mark Gatiss Mr. Wickens
Tamsin Greig Mrs. Wickens
Tsion Habte Lucy Allen
Jason Rennie Jamie Allen
India Fowler Sara Latimer
Xavier Wilkins Georgie Latimer
Vinette Robinson Mrs. Allen
Samuel Barnett Mr. Smith
Elliot Levey Claverton
Amanda Lawrence Meakin
Sam Spruell Bertie

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