Whistle Down the Wind (1961)

Directed by

Bryan Forbes

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three children in rural England mistake a fugitive for Jesus Christ hiding in their barn. They try to protect him and keep his presence a secret from the adults.

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What happens

Whistle Down the Wind is a 1961 British crime drama film directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Hayley Mills, Bernard Lee and Alan Bates. It was adapted by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall from the 1958 novel of the same name by Mary Hayley Bell (Mills's mother). In 2005, the Guardian included Whistle Down the Wind in a list of the fifty best family films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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