Whistle Down the Wind

Whistle Down the Wind is a 1961 British film, directed by Bryan Forbes, from a screenplay by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall.

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1961 - Film - Bryan Forbes - Keith Waterhouse - Willis Hall

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It tells the allegorical story of some Lancashire farm children who discover an escaped convict hiding in a barn and believe him to be Jesus.

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Allegorical - Lancashire - Convict - Jesus

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The script was based on a novel of the same name by Mary Hayley Bell and her daughter, Hayley Mills, played the leading role. Alan Bates, in his first film, played the man in the barn.

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Novel - Mary Hayley Bell - Hayley Mills - Alan Bates

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Local schoolchildren from the villages around Clitheroe, Lancashire were used as extras and in particular children from Chatburn Primary School became the "disciples" in the film.

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Clitheroe - Lancashire - Chatburn

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The theme music from the film, by Malcolm Arnold, became a classic.

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In the 1990s, Whistle Down the Wind was adapted into a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman.

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1990s - Musical - Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jim Steinman

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