The Secret Garden
1949 · Movie · 92 min · ★ 7.1 · 70% critics
After her parents die in a cholera outbreak, a young girl is sent from India to England to live with her uncle at a remote estate. There, she discovers a hidden, neglected garden and finds new friendships that help bring healing and change to the people around her.
Based on The Secret Garden
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Details
- Years
- 1949
- Release date
- 1949-04-30
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (34 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy The Secret Garden if you want an atmospheric, family-friendly story of children restoring hope through a hidden garden; Not for you if you dislike gloomy mansion vibes, frequent tantrums, or the bolder color reveal compared with The Secret Garden (1987) and The Little Princess.
Pros: hopeful family heart; lush secret garden; strong child performances | Cons: moody, gloomy stretches; harsh tantrums; color switch gimmick
Themes
- garden
- uncle
- hunchback
- crippled child
Cast & crew
Margaret O'Brien
as Mary Lennox
Dean Stockwell
as Colin Craven
Herbert Marshall
as Archibald Craven
Gladys Cooper
as Mrs. Medlock
Elsa Lanchester
as Martha
- BR
Brian Roper
as Dickon
Reginald Owen
as Ben Weatherstaff
George Zucco
as Dr. Fortescue
Aubrey Mather
as Dr. Griddlestone
Lowell Gilmore
as British Officer
Directed by Fred M. Wilcox