Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
- Starring:
- Robert Hardy, Sian Phillips, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ferdinand Fairfax
- Category:
- Television
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As indicated by its title, this British miniseries concentrated on the years between the two world wars, when the eminent Winston Churchill (Robert Hardy) was politically out of favor in his own country. Acutely aware of the danger looming in a newly re-armed Germany, Churchill vainly tried to warn his fellow Britishers that Hitler was not a man to be trusted. It was only after the benighted PM Neville Chamberlain (Eric Porter) saw the promise of "Peace in Our Time" blow up in his face that Churchill was ensconced in his proper position as leader of his nation. First telecast in the U.K. in 1981, Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years aired in the U.S. two years later. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 390 mins
Complete Cast of Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
- Robert Hardy - Winston Churchill
- Nigel Havers - Randolph Churchill
- Tamsin Murray-Leach - Mary Churchill (as a child)
- Tim Pigott-Smith - Brendan Bracken
- Sherrie Hewson - Mrs. Pearman
- Paul Freeman - Ralph Wingram
- David Quilter - Wing-Cmdr. Torr Anderson
- Peter Barkworth - Stanley Baldwin
- Edward Woodward - Sir Samuel Hoare
- Robert James - Ramsey McDonald
- Ian Collier - Harold Macmillan
- Richard Murdoch - Lord Halifax
- Clive Swift - Sir Horace Wilton
- Phil Brown - Lord Beaverbrook
- Günter Meisner - Adolf Hitler
- Merrie Lynn Ross - Marion Davies
- Sian Phillips - Clementine Churchill
- Chloe Salaman - Sarah Churchill
- Katherine Levy - Mary Churchill (as an adult)
- David Swift - Prof. Lindemann
- Moray Watson - Maj. Desmond Norton
- Frank Middlemass - Lord Derby
- Sam Wanamaker - Bernard Baruch
- Eric Porter - Neville Chamberlain
- Peter Vaughan - Sir Thomas Inskip
- Tony Mathews - Anthony Eden
- Norman Jones - Clement Attlee
- Walter Gotell - Lord Swinton
- Marcella Markham - Nancy Astor
- Stratford Johns - Lord Rothermere
- Stephen Elliott - William Randolph Hearst
- David Markham - Marlborough
- Director(s):
- Ferdinand Fairfax
- Producer(s):
- Richard Broke
- Categories:
- Television
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