egbert nosh

hi folks, watched "whistle down the wind" recently,great film had'nt seen it in ages,know haley milles ,started to think ,how many of the other children in the film went on to become established actors/actresses, know one was in the film "if"(one of malcom mcdowels pals) missed the final credits due to burning smell from kitchen,a pizza in the oven,acording to instructions,15-20mins, mines was in 55mins,o ended up having cheese sandwiches,nice all the same

Hugo

I think that Roy Holder was the only one of the children who went on to an acting career. Most famously as Ronnie Corbett's best friend in the sitcom "Sorry". More recently he played the family servant in the BBC's latest version of "Sense and Sensibility"

egbert nosh

cheers hugo,thought that there would be more of them

Tony Pendrey

The youngest brother, played by Alan Barnes, made just one other film.

He was in the superb film "The Victors" in 1963 and then seems to have chucked it all in at the ripe old age of about 12.

Ah Yes, the Soviet Union. All them wheatfields and ballet in the evenings

Mark O

I could never quite make out the name of the Bully who slaps Hayley's character in the Playground, the Kids call him something like 'Pato' or 'Plato', anyone have any ideas? there dosen't seem to be anything on the cast list at IMDB

Mark

Hugo

"The youngest brother, played by Alan Barnes, made just one other film.

He was in the superb film "The Victors" in 1963 and then seems to have chucked it all in at the ripe old age of about 12."

This has been the subject of a previous thread and IIRC the Alan Barnes in 'The Victors' was another, different Alan Barnes

John Hodson

The first film I ever saw theatrically (I might have been seven or eight years old); I remember staring at that huge screen in wide-eyed wonder, and identified totally with the children. I still have a tremendous affection for it.

'It's Jesus!'

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Boom Man

Yes a really great british film. You missed out the best bit of the line' It's Jesus'.
After the children discover 'the fugitive' hiding in the barn one of the children says' its Jesus ! another small boy responds with....nah...its just a fella! Thats a line that has stuck with me for many years and it always makes me smile.

Hackett

Great film and if you don't want to spoil a great memory never, never, never go and see the stage musical it's shite.

John Hodson

For some reason 'It's Jesus' sticks with me more; probably - and you'll possibly appreciate this - it was the first time I'd ever seen a film in which some of the characters spoke pretty much as I did; it's all in the delivery (speaking of which, I watched 'Sherlock Holmes Faces Death last night, the action set in Northumbria, and much fun with the Hollywood ex-pats trying - and failing miserably - to deliver some semblance of a regional accent north of Watford...)

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Santonix

I think they call him Pato. Anyway according to the audio commentary by Hayley Mills the lad who played him was Barry Dean. But to confuse matters more IMDb show Barry Dean as playing the part of Raymond. Maybe Pato was his surname?

cretancorrespo

In 2003 BBC Birmingham showed a 20 min documentary on Whistle Down the Wind in the Big Screen Brittain series with Ben Fogle. In it they visit the original shooting location and interview many of the participants including Bryan Forbes, Haley Mills, Diane Holgate and several of the other children. If interested in a copy please PM.

Tony Pendrey

Totally wrong. I just had a look. The small boy in the scene with George Peppard IS Alan Barnes.

Ah Yes, the Soviet Union. All them wheatfields and ballet in the evenings

Rich

Diane Holgate is a friend of mine.She never acted again,as she was not a professional actress,and she was just selected from her school for the part.(Along with Alan Barnes).
She now works in a bank,just recently locating back to Clitheroe,after spending many years in Northwich,Cheshire.She is a lovely lady who is very proud of the film.
Alan Barnes lives in Ribchester Lancs,and runs some sort of joinery business.Diane last saw him about 2 years ago.
Barry Dean did play the part of Raymond,and i have always presumed his surname might have been Patterson,resulting in Patto for short.He now lives in Scotland.
I will be meeting up with Diane again in November,on my next trip to the north west