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5.6/10   103 votes
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Writers:
Michael Hogan (screenplay) and
Brock Williams (screenplay)
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Release Date:
3 May 1941 (UK) more
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World war II propaganda flick more (9 total)

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Runtime:
USA:94 min | UK:109 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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The three Sheridan sisters (Glynis Johns, Andrea Troubridge and Margaret Johnston) do not appear in the American released print (as shown on the Turner Classic Movies channel). Perhaps they are in the British version which ran 15-20 minutes longer.. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the scene where the news of the Russian invasion reaches the House of Commons, the members pass the news down the rows, one by one. However, several of the members start sharing the news before they could possibly have heard it from anyone next to them. The scene looks good, but doesn't hold up to scrutiny. more
Quotes:
Benjamin 'Dizzy' Disraeli, aka Lord Beaconsfield- Disraeli: In an autocracy, the leader is the people. Europe is at the mercy of the most ruthless band of autocrats the world has yet seen. I know these dictators, these men of blood and iron, they have one weakness; they are always in a hurry. Their god is power... more
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4 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
World war II propaganda flick, 8 October 2002
2/10
Author: Craig Johnson (c.a.johnson@acs.hull.ac.uk) from Hull, England

This film was produced in 1941, and the feeling one gets when watching it that you are being educated in how to be loyal to England. A loose portrayal of the life and career of Benjamin Disraeli, culminating in him making military moves, with the consent of queen Victoria behind the cabinets back.

Very ham-fisted in its message, you almost want to start arguing with the screen, not because its particularly inaccurate in its portrayal of Disraeli, just that its essentially a war-time propaganda film, and nothing can be that cut and dried.

Gielgud is fascinating to watch as always, but even he seems to begin to grate towards the end.

*1/2 out of ****

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