When the Whales Came

03/28/1989

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1hr 40min

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Drama

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

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Paul Scofield
  • David Threlfall
  • Helen Mirren
  • Helen Pearce
  • Max Rennie

    Director

  • Clive Rees

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • American Continental Corp.
  • Golden Swan
  • ITV Central

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English