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When the Whales Came (1989)
Directed by Clive Rees
Overview
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.
Length 100 minutes
Actors
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