Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver

Another entry in the ongoing quest to make children’s literature feel like a theme park map. Jim Button, a curious orphan, teams up with a locomotive named Emma and a no-nonsense engineer to chase clues about his origins. It’s less globe-trotting, more postcard-hopping—with occasional fire-breathing.

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Dennis Gansel directed Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver in 2018. See Dennis Gansel's full filmography, where to start with Dennis Gansel, or where to go after you've seen everything by Dennis Gansel.

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver was released in 2018 (DE original-language production), with a runtime of 109 minutes.