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When the Whales Came

"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

13324

Paul Scofield

as The Birdman

59081

David Threlfall

as Jack Jenkins

15735

Helen Mirren

as Clemmie Jenkins

1443659

Helen Pearce

as Gracie Jenkins

1443660

Max Rennie

as Daniel Pender

20277

David Suchet

as Will

55037

Jeremy Kemp

as Mr. Wellbeloved

12690

John Hallam

as Treve Pender

940044

Barbara Ewing

as Mary Pender

974

Dexter Fletcher

as Big Tim

26121

Nicholas Jones

as Vicar

1781523

Joanna Bartholemew

as Miss Tregarthen

8926

Barbara Jefford

as Auntie Mildred

1781524

Fergus Rees

as The Birdman as a Boy

Crew

583088

Clive Rees

Director

1120403

Michael Morpurgo

Novel

1120403

Michael Morpurgo

Screenplay

20423

Simon Channing Williams

Producer

16929

Christopher Gunning

Music

14456

Robert Paynter

Director of Photography

10714

Lindy Hemming

Costume Design