The Prime Minister (1941)
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Produced by Britain's Teddington Studios on behalf of Hollywood's Warner Bros., the morale-boosting The Prime Minister details the career of 19th century political wizard Benjamin Disraeli, here played by John Gielgud. Filmed in the early months of WW2, the screenplay parallels the diplomatic cunning of Disraeli with the more recent maneuvers of Sir Winston Churchill. This is especially obvious when Disraeli takes on the Prussian Empire during the 1878 Berlin conference, emerging triumphant over a flock of stock-company crypto-fascists. In the role of Queen Victoria, Fay Compton proves a worthy sparring partner for "Dizzy", while Stephen Murray is equally effective as the Prime Minister's principal parliamentary antagonist Gladstone. Other minor roles are vividly realized by actors ranging from venerable Will Fyffe to teenager Glynis Johns. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- John Gielgud - Benjamin Disraeli
- Owen Nares - Lord Derby
- Stephen Murray - William E. Gladstone
- Frederick Leister - Lord Melbourne
- Irene Browne - Lady Londonderry
- Leslie Perrins - Earl of Salisbury
- Lyn Harding - Bismarck
- Will Fyffe - Agitator
- Barbara Everest - Baroness Lehzen
- Nadine March
- Diana Wynyard - Mary Anne Wyndham-Lewis
- Fay Compton - Queen Victoria
- Nicholas Hannen - Sir Robert Peel
- Anthony Ireland - Count D'Orsay
- Kynaston Reeves - Lord Stanley
- Joss Ambler - Earl of Carnarvon
- Gordon McLeod - John Brown
- Vera Bogetti - Lady Blessington
- Glynis Johns - Miss Sheridan
- Director(s):
- Thorold Dickinson
- Writer(s):
- Michael Hogan, Brock Williams
- Producer(s):
- Max Milder
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