Main title from Young Winston (1972) (6)

Young Winston

(1972)

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| Film | B&W / Colour | Biography, Drama, War | 2h 37min |
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| Stars: Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Simon Ward | Director: Richard Attenborough

The adventurous life of Winston Churchill up to his becoming an MP

Rebel, Soldier, Hustler, Prisoner, Fugitive, Firebrand

Cast

(25)
Robert Shaw
Lord Randolph Churchill
The Pumpkin Eater (1964) photograph (1) | Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft
Lady Jennie Churchill / Lady Randolph Churchill
Simon Ward
Young Winston / Sir Winston Churchill’s Voice
British actor Jack Hawkins wears a jacket and tie
Mr Welldon
Patrick Magee
General Bindon Blood
Edward Woodward
Aylmer Haldane
British actor John Mills wears a jacket and tie
General Kitchener
Peter Cellier
Capt
Ronald Hines
Adjutant
Dino Shafeek
Sikh Soldier
Russell Lewis
Winston
Pat Heywood
Mrs Everest
Laurence Naismith
Lord Salisbury
William Dexter
Arthur Balfour
Basil Dignam
Joseph Chamberlain
Robert Hardy
Prep School Headmaster
John Stuart
Speaker Peel
Colin Blakely
Butcher
Noel Davis
Interviewer
Michael Audreson
Winston
Ian Holm
George Buckle
Peter Mann
Harrow Speech Room Boy
Richard Leech
Moore
Clive Morton
Dr Roose
Robert Flemyng
Dr Buzzard
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Reviews

(1)

Generally engaging if lumpy film that switches too frequently from action to family drama to politics to character study, and is not helped by irritating directorial tricks. (Halliwell’s)

Pictures

(1)
Main title from Young Winston (1972) (6)

Production

(3)
British actor Richard Attenborough in a publicity shot
Director
Carl Foreman
Producer / Writer (written for the screen by)
Winston Churchill [as The Rt Hon Winston Churchill KG OM CH MP]
Writer (based upon ‘My Early Life: A Roving Commission’)

Companies

(2)
Open Road Films (II)
Production company
Columbia-Warner Distributors
Distribution company