Whistle Down the Wind
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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Bryan Forbes
Basil Rayburn
Charles Blair
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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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The directors of Whistle Down the Wind are Bryan Forbes, Basil Rayburn, and Charles Blair.
The cast of Whistle Down the Wind includes Bernard Lee as Mr. Bostock, Elsie Wagstaff as Auntie Dorothy, Hayley Mills as Kathy Bostock, Alan Bates as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey, Norman Bird as Eddie, Diane Clare as Sunday School Teacher, Miss Lodge, Patricia Heneghan as Salvation Army Girl, John Arnatt as Supt. Teesdale, Hamilton Dyce as The Vicar, Howard Douglas as The Vet, Dr. Weaver, Ronald Hines as PC Thurstow, Gerald Sim as Detective, and more.
The duration of Whistle Down the Wind is 1h 39 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Whistle Down the Wind trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Whistle Down the Wind was released on 25 Jul 1961.
Whistle Down the Wind is listed under Crime and Drama on Fanbiz.
Whistle Down the Wind has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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 n..."
