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Programme Information

Spirited account of Winston Churchill's early life, chock-full of boy's own adventures

Keywords:

Adventure, Drama, War, Biopic, Based-on-True-Story, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1972) (UK / USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Robert Shaw	.... Lord Randolph Churchill
Anne Bancroft	.... Lady Jennie Churchill
Simon Ward	.... Winston Churchill
Jack Hawkins	.... Mr. Welldon
Ian Holm	.... George E. Buckle
Anthony Hopkins	.... David Lloyd George

Supporting Cast:

Patrick Magee	.... General Bindon Blood
Edward Woodward	.... Captain Aylmer Haldane
John Mills	.... General Kitchener
Peter Cellier	.... Captain 35th Sikhs
Ronald Hines	.... Adjutant 35th Sikhs
Russell Lewis	.... Winston Churchill at age 7
Pat Heywood	.... Mrs. Everest
Laurence Naismith	.... Lord Salisbury

Directors:

Richard Attenborough

Writers:

Winston Churchill
Carl Foreman