When the Whales Came (1989)
"A story so enchanting you'll wish it were real."
Drama
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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.
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Cast
Paul Scofield
The Birdman
David Threlfall
Jack Jenkins
Helen Mirren
Clemmie Jenkins
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Helen Pearce
Gracie Jenkins
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Max Rennie
Daniel Pender
David Suchet
Will
Jeremy Kemp
Mr. Wellbeloved
John Hallam
Treve Pender
Barbara Ewing
Mary Pender
Dexter Fletcher
Big Tim
Nicholas Jones
Vicar
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Joanna Bartholemew
Miss Tregarthen
Barbara Jefford
Auntie Mildred
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Fergus Rees
The Birdman as a Boy