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Released
1987 · FILM

The Secret Garden

The timeless tale of a special place where magic, hope and love grow.

Directed by
Runtime
100 min
TV MovieDramaFamily

Synopsis

A spoiled English girl living in 19th-century India loses both of her parents to a cholera epidemic and is subsequently sent to England to live in a country mansion. The lord of the house is a strange, old man—frail and deformed, yet immensely kind but deeply melancholic. She becomes determined to uncover the source of his sorrow and restore joy to the household. Her investigation is driven by the mysterious screams and wails that echo through the house at night, about which no one is willing to speak.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Keith PalmerShot by Robert PaynterScored by John CameronDesigned by John Stoll

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