When the Whales Came Movie Review 1989

A conservationist fable about two children and a grizzled old codger living on a remote British isle during WWI. They try to avert disaster as mysterious narwhal whales descend on the island. Moralistic and uninvolving; poorly acted; slumber-inducing. Adapted from the novel by Morpugo.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 100 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Whales, World War I

Screenplay

Michael Morpugo

Cast

Paul Scofield, Helen Mirren, David Threlfall, David Suchet, Jeremy Kemp, Max Rennie, Helen Pearce, Barbara Jefford

Director

Clive Rees

Music

Christopher Gunning, Ruth Rennie

Producer

20th Century-Fox, Golden Swan Films