Goodnight, Mister Tom (1998) on Netflix
In September 1939, William Beech is evacuated from London to the village of Little Weirwold, where Tom Oakley, a widower, takes him in. The boy fears the cruelty he knew at home.
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Plot summary
Britain declares war on Germany in September 1939, and London's children are sent to the countryside for safety. William Beech, a quiet, nervous boy of ten, is placed with Tom Oakley in the Suffolk village of Little Weirwold. Tom is a widower whose wife and small son died of scarlet fever in the First World War, and he has kept to himself since. William has grown up in poverty under a cruel mother, and he expects the worst from the man taking him in. Among the belongings his mother packed for him, Tom finds a leather belt meant for beating the boy. He throws it away and begins to care for William, providing clothes, lessons and a steady home.
Cast
- Nick Robinsonas William Beech
- Thomas Orangeas Zacharias Wrench
- Ivan Berryas George Fletcher
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Goodnight, Mister Tom (1998)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The village used for filming was already familiar to TV viewers, having previously appeared as the setting of the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.
- John Thaw grew a beard for the first time in his life over two months to play Tom Oakley, looking so different from his previous clean-shaven roles that he surprised those who knew him well, including his wife, actress Sheila Hancock.
- Loughborough Central station stood in for London and Arley for Little Weirwold; both stations had previously been used for other dramas, including Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands and Andrew Adamson's The Chronicles of Narnia.
