Summary
Young Winston is a British-American war film first released in 1972,
directed by Richard Attenborough.
The film stars Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Simon Ward, Jack Hawkins and Ian Holm.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Richard Attenborough
- Script: Winston Churchill
- Photo: Gerry Turpin
- Music: Alfred Ralston
- 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), Patrick Magee (General Bindon Blood), Edward Woodward (Captain Aylmer Haldane), John Mills (General Kitchener), Peter Cellier (Captain 35th Sikhs), Ronald Hines (Adjutant 35 Sikhs), Raymond Huntley (Old Officer (scenes deleted)), Russell Lewis (Winston Churchill (Age 7)), Pat Heywood (Mrs. Everest), Laurence Naismith (Lord Salisbury), William Dexter (Arthur Balfour), Basil Dignam (Joseph Chamberlain), Robert Hardy (Headmaster), John Stuart (Speaker Viscount Peel), Noel Davis (Interviewer), Richard Leech (Mr. Moore), Clive Morton (Dr. Robson Roose), Robert Flemyng (Dr. Buzzard), Reginald Marsh (Prince of Wales), Jane Seymour (Pamela Plowden), Dinsdale Landen (Capt. Weaver), Julian Holloway (Capt. Baker), Thorley Walters (Major Finn), Patrick Holt (Col. Martin), Gerald Sim (Engineer), Andrew Faulds (Mounted Boer), Maurice Roëves (Sergeant Major Brockie), James Cossins (Barnsby), John Woodvine (John Howard), Norman Rossington (Daniel Dewsnap), Pippa Steel (Clementine Hozier), Robert Harris (Speaker Gully), Dino Shafeek (Sikh Soldier), Michael Audreson (Winston Churchill (Age 13)), Ron Pember (Fireman), James Cosmo (Officer on Train), Edward Burnham (Henry Labouchere), Colin Blakely (Butcher), Peter Mann (Harrow Speech Room Boy), Norman Bird (Party Chairman), Richard Beal (Boer Sentry), Jeremy Child (Austen Chamberlain), Brenda Cowling (Mrs. Dewsnap), Norman Gay (Sir Charles W. Dilke), Willoughby Gray (Bit Part), Nigel Hawthorne (Boer Sentry), Kevin Hudson (Jack Winston), Robert Lankesheer (Sympathetic MP), Raymond Mason (Man in Theatre Gallery), George Mikell (Field Cornet), Sanders Watney (Sir Winston)
- Country: UK / USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 157 min
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