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Whistle Down the Wind

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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.

Release Date : 1961-07-25

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Allied Film MakersBeaver FilmsJ. Arthur Rank Organisation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Kathy Bostock

Original Name : Hayley Mills

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Bostock

Original Name : Bernard Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey

Original Name : Alan Bates

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eddie

Original Name : Norman Bird

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sunday School Teacher, Miss Lodge

Original Name : Diane Clare

Gender : Female

Character Name : Salvation Army Girl

Original Name : Patricia Heneghan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Supt. Teesdale

Original Name : John Arnatt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Auntie Dorothy

Original Name : Elsie Wagstaff

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Vicar

Original Name : Hamilton Dyce

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Vet, Dr. Weaver

Original Name : Howard Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : PC Thurstow

Original Name : Ronald Hines

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Gerald Sim

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Civil Defence Worker

Original Name : Michael Lees

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Civil Defence Worker

Original Name : Michael Raghan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Villager

Original Name : May Barton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nan Bostock

Original Name : Diane Holgate

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles Bostock

Original Name : Alan Barnes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jackie Greenwood

Original Name : Roy Holder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raymond

Original Name : Barry Dean

Gender : Male

Character Name : Disciple

Original Name : Christine Ashworth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Disciple

Original Name : John Boden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Disciple

Original Name : Doreena Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Disciple

Original Name : Keith Clement

Gender : Male

Character Name : Disciple

Original Name : Pamela Lonsdale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Disciple

Original Name : Judy Ollerenshaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Disciple

Original Name : Lois Read

Gender : Male

Character Name : Disciple

Original Name : Nigel Stafford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Latecomer

Original Name : Anne Newby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Latecomer

Original Name : Julie Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Disciple

Original Name : Robert Palmer

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-01-26

An almost internecine plot supports this wonderfully nostalgic story of rural life in late 1950s England. A trio of youngsters live on a farm with their rather neglectful, but not negligent, widower father; their aunt "Dolly" and "Eddie" the general factotum. The children rescue a litter of kittens and secrete them around their farm, soliciting God's help to keep them safe. When they go to inspect their charges they discover a poorly young man (Alan Bates) in the barn and assume that he is Jesus - even down to feeding him bread and wine and to protecting him from adults who may wish to visit the same fate upon him as on his previous incarnation. Obviously, he isn't Jesus and indeed has a much darker secret to keep; but the honest and sympathetic way in which the children conduct themselves - some may call it naive - is wonderfully engendered by the girls in the capable hands of director Bryan Forbes; especially the delicate, innocent, rapport between Bates and "Kathy" (Hayley Mills). The dialogue is peppered with local humour and personality that builds, softly, to a birthday tea that brings things to an head...