Whistle Down the Wind (film)

Whistle Down the Wind
Film poster by Renato Fratini
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
Release date	20 July 1961 (1961-07-20) (London)
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, adapted by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall from the 1958 novel of the same name by Mary Hayley Bell. The film stars her daughter Hayley Mills, who was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress for this film.^[2]

Unusually, almost all the main characters are children; the film attempts to show the world through the eyes of an innocent child.

In 2005, the British Film Institute included it in its list of the 50 films that children should see by the age of 14.