When the Wind Blows poster
Director Jimmy T. Murakami
Screenplay Raymond Briggs

When the Wind Blows

Tagline: A horrifying vision of tomorrow.

Release Date: 1986-10-24

Duration: 84 minutes

Synopsis

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

Casting

  • John Mills
    Jim Bloggs (voice)
  • Joseph Stalin
    Self (archive footage)
  • Winston Churchill
    Self (archive footage)
  • Peggy Ashcroft
    Hilda Bloggs (voice)
  • Harry S. Truman
    Self (archive footage)
  • David Dundas
    Actor
  • Robin Houston
    Radio Announcer (voice)
  • James Russell
    Actor
  • Bernard Montgomery
    Self (archive footage)
  • Matt Irving
    Actor