The Amazing Mr. Blunden
1972 · Movie · G · 95 min · ★ 6.6
Mysterious old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in their squalid, tiny Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. The family become the housekeepers to a derelict country mansion in the charge of the solicitors. One day the children meet the spirits of two other children who died in the mansion nearly a hundred years prior. The children prepare a magic potion that allows them to travel backwards in time to the era of the ghost children. Will the children be able to help their new friends and what will happen to them if they do?
Based on The Ghosts
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Details
- Years
- 1972
- Release date
- 1972-12-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 95 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (23 votes)
Themes
- time travel
- victorian england
- housekeeper
- ghost
- burning building
- old mansion
- job offer
Cast & crew
Laurence Naismith
as Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
Lynne Frederick
as Lucy Allen
- GM
Garry Miller
as James "Jamie" Allen
Rosalyn Landor
as Sara Catherine Latimer
- MG
Marc Granger
as Georgie Richard Latimer
Diana Dors
as Mrs. Wickens the Housekeeper
Dorothy Alison
as Mrs. Richard Allen
James Villiers
as Uncle Bertie (Albert)
Madeline Smith
as Bella (Arabella)
David Lodge
as Mr. Wickens
Directed by Lionel Jeffries