Young Winston (1972)

July 20, 1972 (GB) • Action, Adventure, Drama, War • 149m

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.

Director

Richard Attenborough

Writer

Carl Foreman

Top Billed

Simon Ward

Keywords

parliament election british politics turn of the century 19th century boer war winston churchill

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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)

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)

Crew

Maurice Binder

Main Title Designer

Richard Attenborough

Director

Carl Foreman

Screenplay

Carl Foreman

Producer

Alfred Ralston

Music

Gerry Turpin

Director of Photography

Kevin Connor

Editor

Miriam Brickman

Casting

John Graysmark

Art Direction

William Hutchinson

Art Direction

Donald M. Ashton

Production Design

Geoffrey Drake

Production Design

Anthony Mendleson

Costume Design

Ronnie Taylor

Camera Operator

Cliff Richardson

Special Effects

John Richardson

Special Effects

Biddy Chrystal

Hair Department Head

Stuart Freeborn

Makeup Department Head

Ann Skinner

Continuity

Vic Armstrong

Stunt Double

Tom Buchanan

Boom Operator

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Young Winston (1972)

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