When the Whales Came
movie

A story so enchanting you'll wish it were real.
Released March 28, 1989
Genres:
Overview
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
Paul Scofield
as
The Birdman
David Threlfall
as
Jack Jenkins
Helen Mirren
as
Clemmie Jenkins
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Helen Pearce
as
Gracie Jenkins
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Max Rennie
as
Daniel Pender
David Suchet
as
Will
Jeremy Kemp
as
Mr. Wellbeloved
John Hallam
as
Treve Pender
Barbara Ewing
as
Mary Pender
Dexter Fletcher
as
Big Tim
Nicholas Jones
as
Vicar
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Joanna Bartholemew
as
Miss Tregarthen