The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
61 audience votes
Key crew
- Bryan ForbesDirector
- Malcolm ArnoldOriginal Music Composer
- Willis HallScreenplay
- Keith WaterhouseScreenplay
Cast
- Hayley MillsKathy Bostock
- Bernard LeeMr. Bostock
- Alan BatesThe Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
- Norman BirdEddie
- Diane ClareSunday School Teacher, Miss Lodge
- Patricia HeneghanSalvation Army Girl
- John ArnattSupt. Teesdale
- Elsie WagstaffAuntie Dorothy
- Hamilton DyceThe Vicar
- Howard DouglasThe Vet, Dr. Weaver
- Ronald HinesPC Thurstow
- Gerald SimDetective
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookfaithvillage lifeinnocenceescaped convictfugitiveon the runrural areafarmingwife murdererreligonlancashire