Whistle Down the Wind Page #2

Synopsis: Little Kathy discovers a man wanted for murder hiding in her family's barn. When she asks him who he is, he says Jesus Christ just before he goes unconscious. Kathy and her siblings are convinced that he is Jesus and try to hide him from grown-ups.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Bryan Forbes
Production: New Line Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
UNRATED
Year:
1961
99 min
965 Views


You what?

Something important.

- You've got to wake up. I've seen Him.

- You what?

Listen, you've got to listen.

I've seen Him.

Who?

Jesus.

He's in our barn. He's come back.

Kathy, are you sure?

What are we going to do, then?

I don't know.

I expect He'll tell us.

What does He talk like?

Well, He didn't say much.

He just told me who He was.

I think He was very tired.

Well, He would be, wouldn't He?

Did He say why He'd come to our barn?

Do you think it was because

of what you said, Kathy?

I don't know.

I bet it was. I told you, didn't I?

- Is He stopping?

- He didn't say.

Do you think He'd like to see me

in t'morning?

- I don't know.

- I expect so.

I mean, I didn't say anything, did I?

Funny, isn't it, Him coming to our barn?

It's like a miracle.

Come on, hurry up.

I don't think I want to after all, Kathy.

It's all right. I promise.

Promise.

'Ave we to curtsy?

I think He's gone.

- He was asleep.

- Yes, asleep in the hay.

Here, it's got to be a secret.

You've not to tell nobody.

He'll tell us. When He wakes up,

He'll tell us what to do.

What's happened, up at this time?

Have you wet the bed?

You're daft, you are, and dirty.

Oh dear. Sticks and stones'll break

me bones but names'll never hurt me.

198 what?

That's how many eggs I've had

since last Easter.

Come on, don't string it out.

I want to get cleared up.

Won't a certain person

want some breakfast?

It says in a certain B-l-B-E-L

that a certain person eats bread.

Shut up, big mouth.

What are you talking about?

- Nothing.

- You are, then.

- I know what you're talking about.

- Who, then?

I'm not gonna tell you.

I'm gonna keep it to meself.

Shan't tell you anything ever again.

Eddie! Eddie, what are you doing?

- Doing?

- I thought I told you to shift that calf.

Yes, well, I was waiting on you, you see.

I told you to shift her yesterday.

It's draughty in that pen, she's worse.

Well, I was on me way to shift her.

I was waiting for you to look at her.

I've looked at her,

so shift her up to the big barn.

We'll get Weaver in to have a look at her.

And another time, don't wait for me,

just do what I say when I say it.

Right, I'll do that now, then.

Right.

What are we doing?

Are we playing with Jackie Greenwood?

One of us might be, two of us aren't.

You rotten cows, what are you doing?

Ask no questions, get no lies told.

- You rotten cows, you're nothing else.

- You watch your tongue.

It's always me. I always get it.

I'm off to hide, then.

- And no following.

- We don't want to follow you.

Well you'd better not, then.

Rotten cows.

What else?

Shouldn't we have some fishes?

- No, that's only in the miracle.

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Keith Waterhouse

Keith Spencer Waterhouse CBE (6 February 1929 – 4 September 2009) was a British novelist and newspaper columnist, and the writer of many television series. more…

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