When the Whales Came
- Released on
Drama
•- Runtime
- 100 mins
(15 votes)
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.
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
- Paul Scofield
- David Threlfall
- Helen Mirren
- Helen Pearce
- Max Rennie
- David Suchet
- Jeremy Kemp
- John Hallam
- Barbara Ewing
- Dexter Fletcher
- Nicholas Jones
- Joanna Bartholemew
- Barbara Jefford
- Fergus Rees
Director
- Clive Rees
Producers
- Simon Channing Williams
Screenwriter
- Michael Morpurgo
