When the Whales Came 1989
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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.
- Released: 1989-03-28
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren, Helen Pearce, Max Rennie
- Director: Clive Rees, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Morpurgo, Christopher Gunning, Lindy Hemming
