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When the Whales Came

When the Whales Came1989

★6.4100 minDrama

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.

Director

Writer

Michael Morpurgo

Score

Christopher Gunning

Stars

Paul Scofield David Threlfall Helen Mirren

Cast14

Paul Scofield
as The Birdman
David Threlfall
as Jack Jenkins
Helen Mirren
as Clemmie Jenkins
H
Helen Pearce
as Gracie Jenkins
M
Max Rennie
as Daniel Pender
David Suchet
as Will
Jeremy Kemp
as Mr. Wellbeloved
John Hallam
as Treve Pender
Barbara Ewing
as Mary Pender
Dexter Fletcher
as Big Tim
Nicholas Jones
as Vicar
J
Joanna Bartholemew
as Miss Tregarthen
Barbara Jefford
as Auntie Mildred
F
Fergus Rees
as The Birdman as a Boy

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