The Happy Children
The Happy Children

The Happy Children

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2011
0h 12m
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Horror

Overview

A journalist visiting the northern fishing port of Banwick in World War One has a strange encounter. Adapted from a short story by writer Arthur Machen.

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6 members
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Tim Greenwood

Journalist

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Jon Preece

Narrator

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Stewart Perkins

Landlord

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Rosa Byatt-Goodall

Child

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Ema Crusher

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Jacob Crusher

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