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Goodnight Mister Tom is a children's novel by English author Michelle Magorian, published by Kestrel in 1981. Harper & Row published an American edition the same year. [1] Set during World War II, it features a boy abused at home in London who is evacuated to the country at the outbreak of the war.
Goodnight Mister Tom is a 1998 film adaptation by Carlton Television of the novel of the same name by Michelle Magorian. The film was directed by Jack Gold, in his final film. The cast featured well-known British actors, including veteran actor John Thaw.
Goodnight Mister Tom - FilmStarring John Thaw; Nick Robinson; Annabelle Apsion.Britain is on the brink of war when young William Beech is sent to live with T...
Goodnight Mr Tom: Directed by Jack Gold. With John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion, Thomas Orange. A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.
Jan 1, 1981 · Good Night, Mr. Tom. Michelle Magorian. 4.31. 50,462ratings2,815reviews. Kindle $13.99. London is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech -- the abused child of a single mother -- is evacuated to the English countryside.
The child protagonist of Good Night, Mr. Tom, William Beech, is evacuated in September 1939 as part of Operation Pied Piper. On September 3, 1939, the UK’s Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) officially declared war on Nazi Germany in a radio address to the English people from which Good Night, Mr. Tom quotes directly
During World War II, an aging recluse's stony heart is softened by his friendship with a young evacuee from London. I thought the movie was sad when Zach (the main characters friend, William Beech...
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© 2024 Google LLC. *PLEASE ENSURE YOU'RE WATCHING THE 4K QUALITY STREAM TO SEE ALL IMPROVEMENTS*In September 1939, the United Kingdom enters World War II and children are evacu...
Goodnight Mister Tom. Tom Oakley (John Thaw, Into the Blue, Kavanagh QC, Inspector Morse), is a cantankerous old man exiled from the life of the village in Little Weirworld, weighed down with his memories. All this is set to change as Britain stands on the brink of the Second World War.
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.
