Mr. tom

In September 1939, as Britain declares war on Nazi Germany, children are evacuated from London to the countryside for safety. One of them, William "Willie" Beech, is sent to the rural village of Little Weirwold in Suffolk, where he is placed in the care of Tom Oakley, an elderly widower who has lived in solitude since losing his wife and child to scarlet fever. William, a quiet and nervous boy, comes from an abusive home and is initially apprehensive of Tom.