Directed by:
Richard AttenboroughScreenplay:
Carl ForemanCinematography:
Gerry TurpinComposer:
Alfred RalstonCast:
Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Simon Ward, Jack Hawkins, Ian Holm, Anthony Hopkins, Patrick Magee, Edward Woodward, John Mills, Peter Cellier, Russell Lewis (more)Plots(1)
Writer-producer Carl Foreman was approached by Churchill himself, who suggested his own book, 'My Early Life: A Roving Commission', would make a good film. The result is a lavish and beautifully detailed drama, with Simon Ward in the lead role, detailing Churchill’s service as a cavalry officer in India and the Sudan, as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War, and his election to Parliament at the age of 26. (Powerhouse Films)
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Robert Shaw
UK
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
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Battle of Britain (1969)
Anne Bancroft
USA
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
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Simon Ward
UK
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Jack Hawkins
UK
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Ian Holm
UK
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Anthony Hopkins
UK
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The Elephant Man (1980)
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Patrick Magee
UK
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John Mills
UK
Peter Cellier
UK
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And the Ship Sails On (1983)
Russell Lewis
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Pat Heywood
UK
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Young Toscanini (1988)
Laurence Naismith
UK
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Robert Hardy
UK
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John Stuart
UK
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Robert Flemyng
UK
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Battle of Britain (1969)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Jane Seymour
UK
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
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Thorley Walters
UK
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Twisted Nerve (1968)
Murder She Said (1961)
Patrick Holt
UK
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Maurice Roëves
UK
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