Action / Adventure / Drama / War /

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Overview: 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.

Cast:

Simon Ward
Winston Churchill

Peter Cellier
Le capitaine du 35e Sikhs

Robert Shaw
Lord Randolph Churchill

Anne Bancroft
Lady Jennie Churchill

Jack Hawkins
Mr. Welldon

Ian Holm
George E. Buckle

Anthony Hopkins
David Llyod George

Edward Woodward
Captain Aylmer Haldane

John Mills
General Kitchner

Patrick Magee
General Bindon Blood

James Cosmo
Officer on Train

Jane Seymour
Pamela Plowden

Robert Hardy
Prep School Headmaster

Laurence Naismith
Lord Salisbury

Reginald Marsh
Prince of Wales

Dinsdale Landen
Capt. Weaver

John Woodvine
Howard

Clive Morton
Dr. Roose

Robert Flemyng
Dr. Buzzard

Richard Leech
Moore

Colin Blakely
Butcher

Andrew Faulds
Mounted Boer

Edward Burnham
Henry Labouchere

Russell Lewis
Winston (age 7)

Norman Gay
Sir Charles W. Dilke (uncredited)

Ronald Hines
Adjutant

Dino Shafeek
Sikh Solider

Pat Haywood
Mrs. Everest

William Dexter
Arthur Balfour

Basil Dignam
Joseph Chamberlain

John Stuart
Speaker Peel

Noel Davis
Interviewer

Michael Audreson
Winston (aged 13)

Peter Mann
Harrow Speech Room Boy

Julian Holloway
Capt. Baker

Thorley Walters
Major Finn

Patrick Holt
Colonel Martin

Norman Bird
Party Chairman

Edward Woodward
Aylmer Haldane

Gerald Sim
Engineer

Ron Pember
Fireman

Maurice Roëves
Brockie

James Cossins
Barnsby

Norman Rossington
Dewsnap

Pippa Steel
Clementine Hozier

Robert Harris
Speaker Gully

Edward Burnham
Hanry Labouchere

Raymond Huntley
Old Officer

Jack Armstrong
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Jack Arrow
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Richard Beal
Boer Sentry (uncredited)

Alan Beaton
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Hyma Beckley
Opposition MP (uncredited)

Ernest Blyth
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Vic Chapman
Clerk of the Commons (uncredited)

Jimmy Charters
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Jeremy Child
Austen Chamberlain (uncredited)

Alan Cope
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Brenda Cowling
Mrs. Dewsnap (uncredited)

Arnold Diamond
Officer (uncredited)

Willoughby Gray
Gladstone (uncredited)

Victor Harrington
House of Commons Doorkeeper (uncredited)

Alan Harris
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Nigel Hawthorne
Boer Sentry (uncredited)

Lindsay Hooper
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Kevin Hudson
Jack Winston (uncredited)

Pat Judge
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Juba Kennerley
Harrow school master (uncredited)

Robert Lankesheer
Sympathetic MP (uncredited)

Roy Lansford
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Raymond Mason
Man in Theatre Gallery (uncredited)

George Mikell
Field Cornet (uncredited)

Hugh Morton
Lord Randolph Churchill's Butler (uncredited)

Fred Peck
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Bob Raymond
Man on Stage (uncredited)

Tony Snell
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Byron Sotiris
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Guy Standeven
Harrow School Master (uncredited)

Fred Stroud
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

John Tatham
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Harry Tierney
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Sanders Watney
Sir Winston (uncredited)

John Wilder
Member of Parliament (uncredited)