Film · 1964

The Finest Hours

116 min · Directed by Peter Baylis

Documentary War

6.84
ratings

A biography of Winston Churchill, shown through re-creations and actual film footage and told by Orson Welles.

Cast

George Baker

Lord Randolph (voice)

Faith Brook

Lady Randolph (voice)

David Healy

Newsreel Commentator

Orson Welles

Narrator (voice)

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George Westbury

Churchill as a boy (voice)

Patrick Wymark

Churchill (voice)

Crew

Director: Peter Baylis
Producer: Jack Levin
Writer: Victor Wolfson
Editor: Gerry Arbeid
Cinematography: Hone Glendinning

Details

Studios: Le Vien International, Columbia Pictures
Countries: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Release: September 29, 1964

Themes

biography

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