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Whistle Down the Wind

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7.1/10 • 52

1961-07-251h 39m

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Today's hottest young star in her newest... and by far her greatest.

When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.

Directors
Bryan Forbes
Editors
Max Benedict

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  1. Hayley Mills

    Hayley Mills

    Kathy Bostock

  2. Bernard Lee

    Bernard Lee

    Mr. Bostock

  3. Alan Bates

    Alan Bates

    The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey

  4. Norman Bird

    Norman Bird

    Eddie

  5. Diane Clare

    Diane Clare

    Sunday School Teacher, Miss Lodge

  6. Patricia Heneghan

    Patricia Heneghan

    Salvation Army Girl

  7. John Arnatt

    John Arnatt

    Supt. Teesdale

  8. Elsie Wagstaff

    Elsie Wagstaff

    Auntie Dorothy

  9. Hamilton Dyce

    Hamilton Dyce

    The Vicar

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CinemaSerf

Jan 26, 2025

7/10

An almost internecine plot supports this wonderfully nostalgic story of rural life in late 1950s England. A trio of youngsters live on a farm with their rather neglectful, but not negligent, widower father; their aunt "Dolly" and "Eddie" the general factotum. The children rescue a litter of kittens and secrete them around their farm, soliciting God's help to keep them safe. When they go to inspect their charges they discover a poorly young man (Alan Bates) in the barn and assume that he is Jesus - even down to feeding him bread and wine and to protecting him from adults who may wish to visit the same fate upon him as on his previous incarnation. Obviously, he isn't Jesus and indeed has a much darker secret to keep; but the honest and sympathetic way in which the children conduct themselves - some may call it naive - is wonderfully engendered by the girls in the capable hands of director Bryan Forbes; especially the delicate, innocent, rapport between Bates and "Kathy" (Hayley Mills). The dialogue is peppered with local humour and personality that builds, softly, to a birthday tea that brings things to an head...

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
based on novel or bookfaithvillage lifeinnocenceescaped convictfugitiveon the runrural areafarmingwife murdererreligonlancashire