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Whistle Down the Wind

on BBC Two England

opens a season of films by the distinguished writer-director,
BRYAN FORBES starring Hayley Mills
Bernard Lee , Alan Bates On a lonely Lancashire farm, the Bostock children live in a private world of their own. One day the youngsters discover a man hidden in their barn.
The man is a murderer on the run, but the children, especially 14-year-old Kathy, believe him to be Jesus
Christ.... This unusual film is considered one of the best films about childhood ever made and mixes humour and excitement to tell its story.
Screenplay by KEITH WATERHOUSE and Willis HALL
From the original novel by MARY HAYLEY BELL
Produced by RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH Directed by BRYAN FORBES
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Contributors

Unknown:
Bryan Forbes
Unknown:
Hayley Mills
Unknown:
Bernard Lee
Unknown:
Alan Bates
Play By:
Keith Waterhouse
Novel By:
Mary Hayley Bell
Produced By:
Richard Attenborough
Directed By:
Bryan Forbes
Kathy:
Hayley Mills
BostOCk:
Bernard Lee
The man:
Alan Bates
Nan:
Diana Holgate
Charles:
Alan Barnes
Jackie:
Roy Holder
Raymond:
Barry Dean
Eddie:
Norman Bird
Miss Lodge:
Diane Clare
Salvation Army girl:
Patricia Neneghan
Teesdale:
John Arnatt
Auntie Dorothy:
Elsie Wagstaff
Reeves:
Hamilton Dyce
Weaver:
Howard Douglas
PC Thurstow:
Ronald Hines

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