When the Whales Came (1989)
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.
- Released
- 1989-03-28
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Clive Rees, Michael Morpurgo
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 17 votes
Cast
- Paul Scofield as The Birdman
- David Threlfall as Jack Jenkins
- Helen Mirren as Clemmie Jenkins
- Helen Pearce as Gracie Jenkins
- Max Rennie as Daniel Pender
- David Suchet as Will
- Jeremy Kemp as Mr. Wellbeloved
- John Hallam as Treve Pender
- Barbara Ewing as Mary Pender
- Dexter Fletcher as Big Tim
- Nicholas Jones as Vicar
- Joanna Bartholemew as Miss Tregarthen