Goodnight, Mister Tom 1998

We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the navy during WWI, and grief has made him a surly hermit. Now children evacuated from London are overwhelming volunteers to house them. Practically under protest, Mr. Tom takes in a painfully quiet 10-year-old, who gradually reveals big problems.

Cast:

John Thaw
Tom Oakley 

Nick Robinson
William Beech 

Annabelle Apsion
Mrs. Beech 

Thomas Orange
Zacharias Wrench 

William Armstrong
Dr. Stelton 

Geoffrey Beevers
Vicar