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Whistle Down the Wind (1961)

Director: Bryan Forbes

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From Time Out Film Guide

Forbes' first film, a reef-ridden whimsy about three Lancashire farm kids who find a fugitive murderer (Bates) hiding in the barn and think he is Jesus. Done with a kind of grubby lyricism borrowed from Jeux Interdits, the early scenes are quite effective as the children matter-of-factly wonder how to react (should they curtsey, steal the family bottle of port?). But as the parable (and the parallels) extend towards a scene in which the killer is apprehended and adopts the posture of crucifixion as he is searched, it all becomes more than faintly embarrassing.

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Cast & crew

Director: Bryan Forbes

Producer: Richard Attenborough

Cast: Hayley Mills, Alan Bates, Bernard Lee, Norman Bird, Elsie Wagstaffe, Alan Barnes full cast

Genre(s): Children's

Duration: 99 mins


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