When the Whales Came

6.4 1989 100 min
Drama

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. M…

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Director
Clive Rees
Writer
Michael Morpurgo

Cast

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Paul Scofield The Birdman
David Threlfall Jack Jenkins
Helen Mirren Clemmie Jenkins
Helen Pearce Gracie Jenkins
Max Rennie Daniel Pender
David Suchet Will
Jeremy Kemp Mr. Wellbeloved
John Hallam Treve Pender
Barbara Ewing Mary Pender
Dexter Fletcher Big Tim
Nicholas Jones Vicar
Joanna Bartholemew Miss Tregarthen
Barbara Jefford Auntie Mildred
Fergus Rees The Birdman as a Boy

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