When the Whales Came (1989)
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
- Helen Pearce — Gracie Jenkins
- 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
- Joanna Bartholemew — Miss Tregarthen
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