The Orphan Trains
1995, English. Directed by Janet Graham & Edward Gray.
Elliot Bobo was taken from his alcoholic father's home, given a small cardboard suitcase, and put on board an "orphan train" bound for Arkansas. Bobo never saw his father again. He was one of tens of thousands of neglected and orphaned children who over a 75-year period were uprooted from the city and sent by train to farming communities to start new lives with new families. Elliot Bobo's remarkable story is part of The Orphan Trains.
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- 0h 55m
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- English
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The Orphan Trains is streaming on PBS Documentaries in India.
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- 27 November 1995
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- Edward Gray
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The Orphan Trains is streaming on PBS Documentaries in India. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Orphan Trains?
If you liked The Orphan Trains, try The Untold History Of The United States, Beyond Utopia, Cover-Up.
Who directed The Orphan Trains?
The Orphan Trains (1995) was directed by Janet Graham and Edward Gray and stars Stacy Keach.