Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
1h 39m
Running Time
July 25, 1961Release Date
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
1h 39m
Running Time
July 25, 1961Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Alan Bates
Arthur Blakey
Bernard Lee
Mr. Bostock
Hayley Mills
Kathy Bostock
Norman Bird
Eddie
Diane Clare
Miss Lodge - Sunday School Teacher
Patricia Heneghan
Salvation Army Girl
John Arnatt
Superintendent Teesdale
Elsie Wagstaff
Auntie Dorothy
Hamilton Dyce
Reeves - The Vicar
Ronald Hines
PC Thurstow
Howard Douglas
The Vet
Gerald Sim
Detective
Bryan Forbes
Director
Mary Hayley Bell
Writer
Michael Lees
1st Civil Defence Worker
Keith Waterhouse
Writer
Michael Raghan
2nd Civil Defence Worker
Willis Hall
Writer
May Barton
Villager
Richard Attenborough
Producer
Diane Holgate
Nan Bostock
Malcolm Arnold
Composer
Alan Barnes
Charles Bostock
Roy Holder
Jackie Greenwood
Arthur Ibbetson
Cinematographer
Barry Dean
Raymond
Max Benedict
Editor
Maureen Goldner
CastingDirector
Christine Ashworth
Disciple
John Boden
Disciple
Doreena Clark
Disciple
Keith Clement
Disciple
Pamela Lonsdale
Disciple
Judy Ollerenshaw
Disciple
Lois Read
Disciple
Nigel Stafford
Disciple
Anne Newby
Latecomer
Julie Jackson
Latecomer
Robert Palmer
Disciple
Diana Hawkins
Publicist
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 25, 1961
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
village life
innocence
faith
escaped convict
on the run
fugitive
rural setting
farming
wife murderer
religon
lancashire
Wiki.
Whistle Down the Wind is a 1961 British crime drama film directed by Bryan Forbes, adapted by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall from the 1958 novel of the same name by Mary Hayley Bell. The film stars her daughter Hayley Mills, who was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress for this film.Unusually, almost all the main characters are children; the film attempts to show the world through the eyes of an innocent child.
In 2005, the British Film Institute included it in its list of the 50 films that children should see by the age of 14.
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