The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Follow him into fun, fantasy & fright -- he's a time-traveling ghost who's often out of sight.
1972 • 95 min • Family · Fantasy
Synopsis
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?
Our family guide
Best from age 7- 100 Reviewers · 1 · 69%
- 66 Audience · 24 · 31%
Two children living in a run-down flat are offered a new life as housekeepers in a mysterious old mansion. There, they encounter the ghosts of two children from the past and discover a way to travel back in time to help them avoid a tragic fate. It's a charming fantasy adventure with a touch of mystery.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 0/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 3/10
Heads up
- Children encounter ghosts and talk about past tragedies.
- Some characters are depicted as cruel or threatening.
- Scenes involving a fire, though not overly intense.
What it models well
- Helping others
- Courage in the face of danger
- The importance of family
Talk about it after
- What it means to help someone in trouble
- The concept of time travel and its potential consequences
- Dealing with injustice and unfair situations
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Top billed cast
Director: Lionel Jeffries • Crew: Lionel Jeffries
Laurence Naismith
Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
Lynne Frederick
Lucy Allen
- G
Garry Miller
James "Jamie" Allen
Rosalyn Landor
Sara Catherine Latimer
- M
Marc Granger
Georgie Richard Latimer
Diana Dors
Mrs. Wickens the Housekeeper
Dorothy Alison
Mrs. Richard Allen
James Villiers
Uncle Bertie (Albert)
Madeline Smith
Bella (Arabella)
David Lodge
Mr. Wickens
Trailers & clips
The Amazing Mr Blunden Easter 2020
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersLaurence Naismith is a solicitor who visits a family with an offer for them to help manage a ramshackle country house. Once they arrive, the children start to see the ghostly apparitions of two other children and soon we discover that they were the children of the house before a fire reduced it to it's present state.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.6/10 (24)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- IMDb
- tt0068200