Whistle Down the Wind

Based on Mary Hayley Bell's 1958 novella, Bryan Forbes's Whistle Down the Wind (1961) is a moving and compelling story of three siblings who find a stranger hiding in their family barn. Mistaking him for Jesus, they keep his presence a secret from the adults around them. Josephine Botting's study places this remarkable film within the landscape of the British industry in the early 1960s and examines the ways Bell's source material is adapted for the screen.

Botting assesses the creative cont...