During World War II, young Rusty was sent to America for safety. It's now five years later and the spunky redhead returns to her native England. From the family she hardly remembers to snobby classmates and rule-filled boarding schools, Rusty must adapt to a whole new way of life.
Acting
Hayley Carr's Rusty is chaos incarnate in a uniform.
Production
Postwar England looks exhausted and gorgeous.
Director
Piers Haggard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hayley Mills plays Rusty's mother — she was Disney's original 'Pollyanna' (1960), making this a full-circle moment for wholesome British childhood trauma.
Based on Michelle Magorian's novel, this captures the real phenomenon of 'evacuee children' who returned from America almost foreign to their own families.
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