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Whistle Down the Wind
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7.2When 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.
Released: 1961-07-2599 minDir: Bryan ForbesCrime, Drama
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Cast
- Hayley Mills as Kathy Bostock
- Bernard Lee as Mr. Bostock
- Alan Bates as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
- Norman Bird as Eddie
- Diane Clare as Sunday School Teacher, Miss Lodge
- Patricia Heneghan as Salvation Army Girl
Themes
- based on novel or book
- faith
- village life
- innocence
- escaped convict
- fugitive
- on the run
- rural area
- farming
- wife murderer
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
3,832 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
- Year
- 1961
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Rated
- Unrated
- Awards
- Nominated for 4 BAFTA 1 win & 5 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Bryan Forbes
- Screenwriter
- Mary Hayley Bell
- Cast member
- Alan Bates
- Composer
- Malcolm Arnold
- Producer
- Richard Attenborough
- Cinematographer
- Arthur Ibbetson
- Narrative location
- England
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 713488
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1961-01-01
- title
- Whistle Down the Wind
- after a work by
- Mary Hayley Bell
- color
- black-and-white
- different from
- Whistle Down the Wind
- distributed by
- Netflix
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