Whistle and I'll Come to You is a supernatural short television film which aired as an episode of the British documentary series Omnibus.

Spotting a small object protruding from a grave which is partly undermined by the edge of the cliff he discovers it to be a bone whistle and stuffs it into his pocket.

[3] Ian McDowell notes that the adaptation itself changes a number of aspects of James' story, turning the academic, described as "young, neat and precise of speech" into a bumbling, awkward, middle-aged eccentric.

[6] Although Hordern had already played the central role, and in a similar manner, in an earlier BBC radio adaptation made without Miller's involvement.

[8] This version is highly regarded amongst television ghost story adaptations and described by Mark Duguid of the British Film Institute as "A masterpiece of economical horror that remains every bit as chilling as the day it was first broadcast".

[9] A BBC Press Release for its repeat showing in 1969 stated that it was an "unconventional adaptation...remarkable, both for its uncanny sense of period and atmosphere, and for the quality of the actors' performances".

[3] The stage journal Plays and Players suggests that Hordern's performance hints that the professor suffers from a neurological condition called the "idea of a presence".

The BFI issued a new HD remaster from the original negative on Blu-ray in 2022, in a set with the first three episodes of A Ghost Story for Christmas and with the 2010 version as an extra.