4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on June 28, 2022

Whistle Down The Wind feels like it employs the “kitchen sink” aesthetic in step with British film of the day, bleak and tough around the corners with working-class folks coping with all kinds of toilsome drama. However, if the mantle of that zeitgeist was normally carried by the likes   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on October 19, 2015

oooThis site’s essay from a few weeks ago about Whistle Down the Wind (1961) has been reblogged at the prestigious website Wonders in the Dark. I’m obviously much honored. Wonders in the Dark The British gem ‘Whistle Down the Wind” came very close to making the Greatest Childhood/Adolesc   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on July 31, 2015

UK / 96 minutes / bw / Beaver, Allied Film Makers, Rank Dir: Bryan Forbes Pr: Richard Attenborough Scr: Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall Story: Whistle Down the Wind (1959) by Mary Hayley Bell Cine: Arthur Ibbetson Cast: Hayley Mills, Bernard Lee, Alan Bates, Diane Holgate, Alan Barnes, Roy Holder, Bar   read more

In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood Posted by Crystal Kalyana on November 8, 2014

Well I’ve finally watched this movie. After hearing so much talk about this film from other people, I decided to give it my first viewing last night. I can see why I took so long to watch this. The whole film was execrable, and basically just a bunch of hokum....   read more