The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
- Starring:
- Robert Donat, Robert Morley, (more)
- Director(s):
- Carol Reed
Synopsis of The Young Mr. Pitt
Released worldwide by 20th Century Fox, Carol Reed's The Young Mr. Pitt is a static but sincere filmed biography of 19th century British prime minister William Pitt Jr., here played by Robert Donat. Appointed to his office at the tender age of 24, Mr. Pitt spends most of his time in Parliament alerting his countrymen of the dangers posed by France's Emperor Napoleon (Herbert Lom, in his first English-speaking role). The Frank Launder-Sidney Gilliat screenplay works overtime drawing parallels between the Pitt-Napoleon conflict and the present crisis involving Great Britain and Nazi Germany. Various historical personages are impersonated by the likes of Phyllis Calvert, John Mills, and Robert Morley, with Morley stealing the show hands down. Like its thematic "twin" Penn of Pennsylvania, Young Mr. Pitt is lavishly produced, but suffers from pedantic speechifying and substandard special effects. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Young Mr. Pitt
- Robert Donat - William Pitt
- Phyllis Calvert - Eleanor Eden
- Max Adrian - Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Felix Aylmer - Lord North
- Jean Cadell - Mrs. Sparry
- Billy Holland
- James Harcourt
- Alf Goddard
- Leo Genn
- Leslie Dwyer
- John H. Roberts
- Frank Pettingell - Coachman
- Charles Paton
- Hugh McDermott - Mr. Melvill
- Stanley Escane
- Owen Reynolds
- Johnnie Schofield
- D.J. Williams
- Jack Watling
- Townsend Whitling
- Leslie Harcourt
- Frederick [Fritz] Valk
- Merle Tottenham
- John Slater
- John Salew - Smith
- Herbert Lom - Napoleon
- Albert Lieven - Talleyrand
- Agnes Laughlan - Queen Charlotte
- W.E. Holloway
- Geoffrey Atkins - William Pitt (as a boy)
- Robert Donat - Earl of Chatham
- Leslie E. Bradley - Gentleman Jackson
- Robert Morley - Charles James Fox
- John Mills - William Wilberforce
- Raymond Lovell - George the Third
- Stephen Haggard - Lord Horatio Nelson
- Ann Stephens
- Henry Hewitt - Henry Addington
- Morland Graham
- Muriel George
- Roy Emerton - Dan Mendoza
- Ralph Roberts
- Kynaston Reeves
- Esme Percy
- Gibb McLaughlin
- Aubrey Mallalieu
- Gordon James
- Lloyd Pearson
- Bruce Winston
- Edmund Willard
- Bromley Davenport - Sir Evan Nepean
- Alfred Sangster - Lord Grenville
- Margaret Vyner
- Austin Trevor - French Registrar
- Sydney Tafler
- Ronald Shiner
- Ian MacLean - Henry Dundas
- Stuart Lindsell - Earl Spencer
- Frederick Leister
- James Kenney
- Neal Arden
- Esma Cannon
- Frederick Culley - Sir William Farquhar
- Kathleen Byron
- Director(s):
- Carol Reed
- Writer(s):
- Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
- Producer(s):
- Maurice Ostrer, Edward Black
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