Whistle Down the Wind (1961)

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7.7	Rating (26 ratings)
7.6	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Bryan Forbes

Starring (View all)

Hayley Mills
Kathy Bostock

Bernard Lee
Mr. Bostock

Alan Bates
Arthur Blakey

Norman Bird
Eddie

Diane Clare
Miss Lodge - Sunday School Teacher

John Arnatt
Superintendent Teesdale

Elsie Wagstaff
Auntie Dorothy

Howard Douglas
The Vet

Written by

Mary Hayley Bell
(original novel)

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4 years, 9 months ago at May 30 14:57

fernando

(OK) Forbes and Attenborough has the audacity and naivete, as in the story, to tell in a false straightforward way (the boys are not doubtfull, are easy believers) this confusin of Bates with Jesus...

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When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owners three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.

Tags: Drama (3), British (2), 1961 (2), Allied Film Makers (1), Diana Clare (1), Norman Bird (1), Diane Holgate (1), Bernard Lee (1), Religious Symbolism (1), Hayley Mills (1), Savior (1), Alan Barnes (1), Based On A Novel (1), Northern England (1), Childhood (1), Innocence (1), Village (1), Black & White (1), Alan Bates (1), Kids (1)

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