When the Whales Came

1989, drama

100 minutes

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...

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Cast

Paul Scofield

The Birdman

David Threlfall

David Threlfall

Jack Jenkins

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

Clemmie Jenkins

Helen Pearce

Gracie Jenkins

Max Rennie

Daniel Pender

Jeremy Kemp

Jeremy Kemp

Mr. Wellbeloved

John Hallam

John Hallam

Treve Pender

Barbara Ewing

Mary Pender

Dexter Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher

Big Tim

Joanna Bartholemew

Miss Tregarthen

Barbara Jefford

Auntie Mildred

Fergus Rees

The Birdman as a Boy

Crew

Camera

Costume and make-up

Lindy Hemming

Costume design

Directing

Clive Rees

Director

Production

Sound

Writing

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