A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
Genres:
Drama
Release:
March 1989
Production:
American Continental Corp., Golden Swan, ITV Central
Cast:
Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren, Helen Pearce, Max Rennie, David Suchet, Jeremy Kemp, John Hallam, Barbara Ewing, Dexter Fletcher, Nicholas Jones, Joanna Bartholemew, Barbara Jefford, Fergus Rees
Tags:
hermit, island, beach, whale, cornwall, england, based on children's book, 1910s, puffin
