Station Jim

A touching family drama set in the 1890s. When railway porter Bob discovers a dog hiding in some crates, he adopts him as the station’s mascot. Named Station Jim, he soon makes himself useful in the community, alerting Bob to a fire at the orphanage and becoming a friend to orphan Harry. And when all is not what it seems when Queen Victoria plans a visit, Station Jim is once more required to save the day., After from escaping the clutches of his cruel master and making his way to a remote country railway station, a performing dog in Victorian England becomes a mascot for the local orphanage in this family friendly tale starring George Cole and Thomas Sangster. When the lonely but lovable pooch wanders on to a railway station on day, station porter Bob takes an immediate shine to the dog and names him Jim. Henry (Sangster) is a sad young boy from the local orphanage who longs for the train that will spirit him back to the long lost comforts of home. Though he never had anything to fight for in the past, Henry suddenly finds cause to stand up for himself and his fellow orphans when a malevolent businessman threatens to close the orphanage and steal their dog. To make matters worse, it seems that there’s an assassin who’s hatched a deadly plot to do away with the Queen., In Victorian England, a plucky pooch escapes his evil owners and settles in a railway terminal, where he thwarts a royal assassination. George Cole, Charlie Creed-Miles. Directed by John Roberts.