When the Whales Came (6.4)

Movie · 1989 · 1 h 30 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. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.

Directed by: Clive Rees

Starring Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren, Helen Pearce, Max Rennie, David Suchet, Jeremy Kemp, John Hallam, Barbara Ewing, Dexter Fletcher

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