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.

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Cast

Paul Scofield

The Birdman

David Threlfall

Jack Jenkins

Helen Mirren

Clemmie Jenkins

David Suchet

Will

Jeremy Kemp

Mr. Wellbeloved

John Hallam

Treve Pender

Barbara Ewing

Mary Pender

Dexter Fletcher

Big Tim

Nicholas Jones

Vicar

Barbara Jefford

Auntie Mildred