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Whistle Down the Wind

1961Age guide: All ages

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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.

★ 7.2/10 · 61 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

  • Hayley MillsKathy Bostock
  • Bernard LeeMr. Bostock
  • Alan BatesThe Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
  • Norman BirdEddie
  • Diane ClareSunday School Teacher, Miss Lodge
  • Patricia HeneghanSalvation Army Girl
  • John ArnattSupt. Teesdale
  • Elsie WagstaffAuntie Dorothy

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CinemaSerf: An almost internecine plot supports this wonderfully nostalgic story of rural life in late 1950s England. A trio of youngsters live on a… Read full review

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