When the Whales Came

Directed by Clive Rees
1989    1h 40m    PG
6.160%86%
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 narwhales who sometimes come. Meanwhile, World War I is making life hard in the village.
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Cast of When the Whales Came
  • Paul ScofieldThe Birdman
  • David ThrelfallJack Jenkins
  • Helen MirrenClemmie Jenkins
  • Helen PearceGracie Jenkins
  • Max RennieDaniel Pender
  • David SuchetWill
  • Jeremy KempMr. Wellbeloved
  • John HallamTreve Pender
  • Barbara EwingMary Pender
  • Dexter FletcherBig Tim
  • Nicholas JonesVicar
  • Joanna BartholemewMiss Tregarthen
  • Barbara JeffordAuntie Mildred
  • Fergus ReesThe Birdman as a Boy
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