When the Whales Came

Clive Rees
1989-03-28

A story so enchanting you'll wish it were real.
6.393
100 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Paul Scofield The Birdman Unowned
David Threlfall Jack Jenkins Unowned
Helen Mirren Clemmie Jenkins Goutbreak
Helen Pearce Gracie Jenkins Unowned
Max Rennie Daniel Pender Unowned
David Suchet Will Unowned
Jeremy Kemp Mr. Wellbeloved Unowned
John Hallam Treve Pender Unowned
Barbara Ewing Mary Pender Unowned
Dexter Fletcher Big Tim Unowned
Nicholas Jones Vicar Unowned
Joanna Bartholemew Miss Tregarthen Unowned
Barbara Jefford Auntie Mildred Unowned
Fergus Rees The Birdman as a Boy Unowned