Whistle Down the Wind

Whistle Down the Wind

7.2IMDb Score
Released:1961-07-25
Duration:99 min
Director:Bryan Forbes
Actors:Hayley Mills, Bernard Lee, Alan Bates, Norman Bird, Diane Clare
Production:Allied Film Makers, Beaver Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Overview:

When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.

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