When the Whales Came (1989)
19891h 40mDrama
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.
Cast
Paul ScofieldThe Birdman
David ThrelfallJack Jenkins
Helen MirrenClemmie Jenkins- HHelen PearceGracie Jenkins
- MMax RennieDaniel Pender
David SuchetWill
Jeremy KempMr. Wellbeloved
John HallamTreve Pender
Barbara EwingMary Pender
Dexter FletcherBig Tim
Nicholas JonesVicar- JJoanna BartholemewMiss Tregarthen
Barbara JeffordAuntie Mildred- FFergus ReesThe Birdman as a Boy
Crew
- Director
- Clive Rees
- Writers
- Michael Morpurgo
- Producers
- Simon Channing Williams
- Cinematography
- Robert Paynter
Details
- Released
- March 28, 1989
- Language
- English
- Studio
- American Continental Corp., Golden Swan, ITV Central
- IMDb
- tt0098638
