
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.

as The Birdman

as Jack Jenkins

as Clemmie Jenkins

as Gracie Jenkins

as Daniel Pender

as Will

as Mr. Wellbeloved

as Treve Pender

as Mary Pender

as Big Tim

as Vicar

as Miss Tregarthen

as Auntie Mildred

as The Birdman as a Boy