Whistle Down the Wind

4/21/19621h 39m

Theatrical Release (US)

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

Overview:

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.

Director:

Bryan Forbes

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

based on novel or book
faith
village life
innocence
escaped convict
fugitive
on the run
rural area
farming
wife murderer
religon
lancashire

Cast

Hayley Mills

~ as ~

Kathy Bostock

Bernard Lee

~ as ~

Mr. 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

Elsie Wagstaff

~ as ~

Auntie Dorothy

Hamilton Dyce

~ as ~

The Vicar

Howard Douglas

~ as ~

The Vet, Dr. Weaver

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 10 month(s) ago
7
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...