Orphan Train
Orphan Train is an American TV movie directed by William Graham which was broadcast on CBS on December 22, 1979. It is based on the Orphan Train Movement, associated with the early days of Children's Aid and similar organizations.
Plot
Emma Simms, niece of the late Reverend Simms, witnesses the execution by hanging of a teenage boy for theft and assaulting a policeman. Miss Simms is mortified that the city would kill someone that young and remembers her uncle's dream to take such children out west for a better life. She decides that she will raise the funds and take the children herself. She acquires a train car with the help of Frank Carlin, a reporter who wants to travel with them and chronicle the story of the orphan train.
Cast
More details
director | William A. Graham |
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keywords | adopt better life cry fantasy life hang last chance railroad track run square dance teenage boy than the town square train station train travel travel wait west young boy |
publisher | CBS |
theme | dance transport |