Whistle Down the Wind | |
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Directed by | Bryan Forbes |
Screenplay by | Keith Waterhouse Willis Hall |
Based on | Whistle Down the Wind by Mary Hayley Bell |
Produced by | Richard Attenborough |
Starring | Hayley Mills Bernard Lee Alan Bates |
Cinematography | Arthur Ibbetson |
Edited by | Max Benedict |
Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
Production companies | Beaver Pictures Allied Film Makers |
Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £148,000[1] |
Whistle Down the Wind is a 1961 British crime drama film directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Hayley Mills, Bernard Lee and Alan Bates.[2] It was adapted by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall from the 1958 novel of the same name by Mary Hayley Bell.
In 2005, the British Film Institute included it in its list of the 50 films that children should see by the age of 14.