Whistle Down the Wind (1961)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Bryan Forbes

Writers:

Mary Hayley Bell (novel)
Keith Waterhouse (writer) ...
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Release Date:

15 enero 1962 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Frase comercial:

That "Parent Trap" Girl in Her Latest and Greatest

Plot:

Little Kathy discovers a man wanted for murder hiding in her family's barn. When she askes him who he was...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Accusation | Birthday | Allegory | Salvation Army

Awards:

Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A movie about faith...with a cynical edge

Cast

Hayley Mills	...	Kathy Bostock
Bernard Lee	...	Mr. Bostock
Alan Bates	...	The Man
Norman Bird	...	Eddie
Elsie Wagstaff	...	Auntie Dorothy
Diane Holgate	...	Nan Bostock
Alan Barnes	...	Charles Bostock
Hamilton Dyce	...	The Vicar
Diane Clare	...	Sunday School Teacher
Patricia Heneghan	...	Salvation Army Girl
Roy Holder	...	Jackie
John Arnatt	...	Superintendent Teesdale
Howard Douglas	...	The Vet
Ronald Hines	...	P.C. Thurstow
Gerald Sim	...	Detective
Michael Lees	...	1st Civil Defence Worker
May Barton	...	Villager
Barry Dean	...	Raymond
Christine Ashworth	...	Disciple
John Boden	...	Disciple
Doreena Clark	...	Disciple
Keith Clement	...	Disciple
Pamela Lonsdale	...	Disciple
Judy Ollerenshaw	...	Disciple
Robert Palmer	...	Disciple
Lois Read	...	Disciple
Nigel Stafford	...	Disciple
Anne Newby	...	Latecomer
Julie Jackson	...	Latecomer
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Michael Raghan	...	2nd Civil Defence Worker
Charlotte Attenborough	...	Child in final crowd scene (uncredited)
Sarah Forbes	...	Child in final crowd scene (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Bryan Forbes

Créditos del guión
Mary Hayley Bell		(novel)
Keith Waterhouse		(writer) &
Willis Hall		(writer)

Producida por
Richard Attenborough	....	producer
Jack Rix	....	associate producer

Música original por
Malcolm Arnold

Fotografía por
Arthur Ibbetson

Montaje por
Max Benedict

Casting
Maureen Goldner

Dirección artística
Ray Simm

Departamento de maquillaje
Stella Rivers	....	hair stylist
Geoffrey Rodway	....	makeup artist

Ayudante de dirección
Basil Rayburn	....	assistant director
Charles Blair	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Len Townsend	....	assistant art director
Gus Walker	....	construction manager (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Bill Daniels	....	sound recordist
Alastair McIntyre	....	dubbing editor
Gus Lloyd	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Harcourt	....	camera operator
John Alcott	....	focus puller (uncredited)
Ken Coles	....	clapper loader (uncredited)
Harry Gillard	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laurel Staffell	....	wardrober

Editorial Department
Tom Priestley	....	assistant editor

Otros miembros del equipo
Penny Daniels	....	continuity
John Hargreaves	....	location advisor
Ann Skinner	....	production secretary
Lorely Farley	....	assistant continuity (uncredited)
John L. Hargreaves	....	location advisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Beaver Films
• Allied Film Makers (AFM)

Distributors

• J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (1961) (UK) (theatrical)
• Pathé-America Distributing Company (1962) (USA) (theatrical)
• Divisa Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)

También conocida como:

Cuando el viento silba (Spain) [es]

Duración:

99 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Australia:G | UK:PG (tv rating) | UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:11 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Bacup, Lancashire, England, UK

Company:

Beaver Films

Trivialidades:

The title "Whistle Down The Wind" originally comes from falconry and means "to let a falcon fly away free".

Goofs:

Continuity: When the children are eating breakfast, the height of Charles's egg changes between shots.

Quotes:

Kathy Bostock: Who is it?
The Man: Jesus Christ.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Andrew Lloyd Webber: Masterpiece (2002) (TV)

A movie about faith...with a cynical edge

Adolescent English farm-girl discovers an escaped, bearded convict sleeping in the family barn and thinks he's Jesus. Young Kathy needs to believe this, even after the police come to cart him away. He even drops a picture of the Savior, which seems to symbolize not only the prisoner's fall from grace but one more sign for Kathy that, yes, this mysterious man might be Him. "Whistle Down the Wind" is a hard-shelled movie that says we lose hope and faith as we mature--which isn't an original idea for a film, but the cynical way this is presented catches you off-guard. One little boy numbers the eggs he has has eaten (a mixture of his bemusement and his feeling of monotony), one little girl vows to keep counting until Kathy comes out of the barn. These children need to believe too, of course, but they're much more raw than Kathy; they strip ideas down to the basics. Kathy believes blindly. It's a touching character, the centerpiece of the film, and I was enchanted by Hayley Mills' open face and yearning smile. The other youngsters are also remarkable. If the film doesn't offer us fanciful answers, it does provide playful bits of visual humor. Even the rhythm of the kids' words is comical (and the way they relate to one another seems very natural). The film gives away nothing without an eternal struggle, and at the end there is no clear answer. I believe the next day would become routine for the children, they would go back to their basics. But Kathy has changed, and the convict has as well. Their lives intersected for a moment, and, though others became involved, they both learned something from the other about the need to believe. ***1/2 from ****