When the Whales Came
Visit website6.4/10 • 15
1989-03-28 • 1h 40m
A story so enchanting you'll wish it were real.
A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.
- Directors
- Clive Rees
When the Whales Came
Visit website1989-03-28 • 1h 40m
6.4/10 • 15
A story so enchanting you'll wish it were real.
A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.
- Directors
- Clive Rees
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Clemmie Jenkins
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Gracie Jenkins
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Jeremy Kemp
Mr. Wellbeloved
John Hallam
Treve Pender
Barbara Ewing
Mary Pender
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- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- hermitislandbeachwhalecornwall, englandbased on children's book1910spuffin