Whistle Down the Wind
Whistle Down the Wind is a 1961 British film, directed by Bryan Forbes.Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers
It tells the story of some Yorkshire farm children, who discover an escaped convict hiding in a barn and believe him to be Jesus.
One of the screenwriters was Mary Hayley Bell, who wrote the novel on which the film was based; her daughter, Hayley Mills, played the leading role. Alan Bates played the man in the barn.
The theme music from the film, by Malcolm Arnold, became a classic.
In the 1990s, Whistle Down the Wind was adapted into a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman.
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