"Rebel Soldier Hustler Prisoner Fugitive Firebrand"

1972

2h 29m

6.2(48 votes)

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Adventure

Drama

War

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.

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83 members

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Simon Ward

Winston Churchill

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Peter Cellier

Le capitaine du 35e Sikhs

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Robert Shaw

Lord Randolph Churchill

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Anne Bancroft

Lady Jennie Churchill

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Jack Hawkins

Mr. Welldon

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Ian Holm

George E. Buckle

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Anthony Hopkins

David Llyod George

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Edward Woodward

Captain Aylmer Haldane

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John Mills

General Kitchner

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Patrick Magee

General Bindon Blood

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James Cosmo

Officer on Train

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Jane Seymour

Pamela Plowden

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Robert Hardy

Prep School Headmaster

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Laurence Naismith

Lord Salisbury

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Reginald Marsh

Prince of Wales

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Dinsdale Landen

Capt. Weaver

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John Woodvine

Howard

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Clive Morton

Dr. Roose

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Robert Flemyng

Dr. Buzzard

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Richard Leech

Moore

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Colin Blakely

Butcher

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Andrew Faulds

Mounted Boer

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Edward Burnham

Henry Labouchere

Writing

Russell Lewis

Winston (age 7)

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Norman Gay

Sir Charles W. Dilke (uncredited)

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Ronald Hines

Adjutant

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Dino Shafeek

Sikh Solider

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Pat Haywood

Mrs. Everest

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William Dexter

Arthur Balfour

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Basil Dignam

Joseph Chamberlain

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John Stuart

Speaker Peel

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Noel Davis

Interviewer

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Michael Audreson

Winston (aged 13)

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Peter Mann

Harrow Speech Room Boy

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Julian Holloway

Capt. Baker

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Thorley Walters

Major Finn

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Patrick Holt

Colonel Martin

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Norman Bird

Party Chairman

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Edward Woodward

Aylmer Haldane

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Gerald Sim

Engineer

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Ron Pember

Fireman

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Maurice Roëves

Brockie

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James Cossins

Barnsby

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Norman Rossington

Dewsnap

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Pippa Steel

Clementine Hozier

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Robert Harris

Speaker Gully

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Edward Burnham

Hanry Labouchere

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Raymond Huntley

Old Officer

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Jack Armstrong

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Jack Arrow

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Richard Beal

Boer Sentry (uncredited)

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Alan Beaton

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Hyma Beckley

Opposition MP (uncredited)

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Ernest Blyth

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Vic Chapman

Clerk of the Commons (uncredited)

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Jimmy Charters

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Jeremy Child

Austen Chamberlain (uncredited)

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Alan Cope

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Brenda Cowling

Mrs. Dewsnap (uncredited)

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Arnold Diamond

Officer (uncredited)

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Willoughby Gray

Gladstone (uncredited)

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Victor Harrington

House of Commons Doorkeeper (uncredited)

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Crew

Alan Harris

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Nigel Hawthorne

Boer Sentry (uncredited)

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Lindsay Hooper

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Kevin Hudson

Jack Winston (uncredited)

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Pat Judge

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Juba Kennerley

Harrow school master (uncredited)

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Robert Lankesheer

Sympathetic MP (uncredited)

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Roy Lansford

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Raymond Mason

Man in Theatre Gallery (uncredited)

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George Mikell

Field Cornet (uncredited)

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Hugh Morton

Lord Randolph Churchill's Butler (uncredited)

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Fred Peck

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Bob Raymond

Man on Stage (uncredited)

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Tony Snell

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Byron Sotiris

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Guy Standeven

Harrow School Master (uncredited)

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Fred Stroud

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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John Tatham

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Harry Tierney

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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Sanders Watney

Sir Winston (uncredited)

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John Wilder

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

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