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Whistle Down the Wind (1961) Facts
| Director(s) | Bryan Forbes |
| Producer(s) | Richard Attenborough, Jack Rix |
| Featured Cast | Bernard Lee, Alan Bates, Norman Bird, Hayley Mills, Richard Attenborough |
| Total Facts | 5 |
Shot largely on location in the bleak countryside around Burnley in Lancashire.
The first film to be directed by Bryan Forbes, who replaced a director who dropped out.
The original story was written by Hayley Mills's mother, Mary Hayley Bell.
The siffleur on the sound-track is the producer, Richard Attenborough.
The title "Whistle Down The Wind" originally comes from falconry and means "to let a falcon fly away free".