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Young Winston

Young Winston1972

★6.2149 minActionAdventureDrama

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.

Director

Richard Attenborough

Writer

Score

Stars

Simon Ward Peter Cellier Robert Shaw

Cast80

Simon Ward
as Winston Churchill
Peter Cellier
as Le capitaine du 35e Sikhs
Robert Shaw
as Lord Randolph Churchill
Anne Bancroft
as Lady Jennie Churchill
Jack Hawkins
as Mr. Welldon
Ian Holm
as George E. Buckle
Anthony Hopkins
as David Llyod George
Edward Woodward
as Captain Aylmer Haldane
John Mills
as General Kitchner
Patrick Magee
as General Bindon Blood
James Cosmo
as Officer on Train
Jane Seymour
as Pamela Plowden
Robert Hardy
as Prep School Headmaster
Laurence Naismith
as Lord Salisbury
Reginald Marsh
as Prince of Wales
Dinsdale Landen
as Capt. Weaver
John Woodvine
as Howard
Clive Morton
as Dr. Roose
Robert Flemyng
as Dr. Buzzard
Richard Leech
as Moore
Colin Blakely
as Butcher
Andrew Faulds
as Mounted Boer
Edward Burnham
as Henry Labouchere / Hanry Labouchere
R
Russell Lewis
as Winston (age 7)
N
Norman Gay
as Sir Charles W. Dilke (uncredited)
Ronald Hines
as Adjutant
D
Dino Shafeek
as Sikh Solider
P
Pat Haywood
as Mrs. Everest
William Dexter
as Arthur Balfour
Basil Dignam
as Joseph Chamberlain
J
John Stuart
as Speaker Peel
Noel Davis
as Interviewer
M
Michael Audreson
as Winston (aged 13)
P
Peter Mann
as Harrow Speech Room Boy
Julian Holloway
as Capt. Baker
Thorley Walters
as Major Finn
Patrick Holt
as Colonel Martin
Norman Bird
as Party Chairman
Gerald Sim
as Engineer
Ron Pember
as Fireman
Maurice Roëves
as Brockie
James Cossins
as Barnsby
Norman Rossington
as Dewsnap
P
Pippa Steel
as Clementine Hozier
Robert Harris
as Speaker Gully
Raymond Huntley
as Old Officer
J
Jack Armstrong
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
J
Jack Arrow
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
R
Richard Beal
as Boer Sentry (uncredited)
A
Alan Beaton
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
H
Hyma Beckley
as Opposition MP (uncredited)
E
Ernest Blyth
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
V
Vic Chapman
as Clerk of the Commons (uncredited)
J
Jimmy Charters
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Jeremy Child
as Austen Chamberlain (uncredited)
A
Alan Cope
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
B
Brenda Cowling
as Mrs. Dewsnap (uncredited)
Arnold Diamond
as Officer (uncredited)
Willoughby Gray
as Gladstone (uncredited)
V
Victor Harrington
as House of Commons Doorkeeper (uncredited)
Alan Harris
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Nigel Hawthorne
as Boer Sentry (uncredited)
L
Lindsay Hooper
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
K
Kevin Hudson
as Jack Winston (uncredited)
J
Juba Kennerley
as Harrow school master (uncredited)
R
Robert Lankesheer
as Sympathetic MP (uncredited)
Roy Lansford
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
R
Raymond Mason
as Man in Theatre Gallery (uncredited)
George Mikell
as Field Cornet (uncredited)
Hugh Morton
as Lord Randolph Churchill's Butler (uncredited)
F
Fred Peck
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
B
Bob Raymond
as Man on Stage (uncredited)
T
Tony Snell
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
B
Byron Sotiris
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
as Harrow School Master (uncredited)
F
Fred Stroud
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
J
John Tatham
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
H
Harry Tierney
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
S
Sanders Watney
as Sir Winston (uncredited)
J
John Wilder
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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