Young Winston

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Young Winston ★★★ 1972 (PG)

Based on Sir Winston Churchill's autobiography “My Early Life: A Roving Commission.” Follows him through his school days, journalistic career in Africa, early military career, and his election to Parliament at the age of 26. Ward is tremendous as the prime minister-to-be. 145m/C VHS . GB Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, John Mills, Jack Hawkins, Ian Holm, Anthony Hopkins, Patrick Magee, Edward Woodward, Jane Seymour; D: Richard Attenborough. Golden Globes ‘73: Foreign Film.

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