The Finest Hours (1964)
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- 1h 56min
- Documentary, Biography
- 29 Apr 1964 (UK)
- Movie
A biography of Winston Churchill, shown through re-creations and actual film footage and told by Orson Welles with voice-overs by the listed actors for the recreated scenes.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.
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Cast
| Orson Welles | ... |
Self - Narrator (voice)
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| Patrick Wymark | ... |
Sir Winston Churchill (voice)
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| Faith Brook | ... |
Lady Randolph (voice)
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| George Baker | ... |
Lord Randolph (voice)
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George Westbury | ... |
Churchill as a Boy (voice)
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| David Healy | ... |
Newsreel Commentator (voice)
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Stanley Baldwin | ... |
Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archiveFootage)
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| Neville Chamberlain | ... |
Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archiveFootage)
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| Charles Chaplin | ... |
Self - Actor (archiveFootage)
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| Clementine Churchill | ... |
Self - Wife of Winston Churchill (archiveFootage)
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| Winston Churchill | ... |
Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archiveFootage)
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| Charles de Gaulle | ... |
Self - French General (archiveFootage)
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| Duchess of Windsor | ... |
Self - Duchess of Windsor (archiveFootage)
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| Duke of Windsor | ... |
Self - King of the United Kingdom (archiveFootage)
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| Anthony Eden | ... |
Self - Member of Parliament (archiveFootage)
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| Albert Einstein | ... |
Self - Theoretical Physicist (archiveFootage)
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| Dwight D. Eisenhower | ... |
Self - U.S. General (archiveFootage)
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| Joseph Goebbels | ... |
Self - Reichsminister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (archiveFootage)
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| Hermann Göring | ... |
Self - Chief of the Luftwaffe (archiveFootage)
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| Rudolf Hess | ... |
Self - Deputy Führer of the Nazi Party (archiveFootage)
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| Adolf Hitler | ... |
Self - Führer of Germany (archiveFootage)
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Harry Hopkins | ... |
Self - U.S. Envoy (archiveFootage)
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| John F. Kennedy | ... |
Self - President of the United States (archiveFootage)
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| Pierre Laval | ... |
Self - Prime Minister of France (archiveFootage)
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| Vyacheslav Molotov | ... |
Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (archiveFootage)
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| Bernard L. Montgomery | ... |
Self - British Field Marshal (archiveFootage)
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| Benito Mussolini | ... |
Self - Il Duce of Italy (archiveFootage)
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| Friedrich Paulus | ... |
Self - German Field Marshal (archiveFootage)
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| Erwin Rommel | ... |
Self - German Field Marshal (archiveFootage)
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt | ... |
Self - President of the United States (archiveFootage)
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| Haile Selassie | ... |
Self - Emperor of Ethiopia (archiveFootage)
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| Alfred E. Smith | ... |
Self - Governor of New York (archiveFootage)
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| Joseph Stalin | ... |
Self - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (archiveFootage)
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| Harry S. Truman | ... |
Self - President of the United States (archiveFootage)
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| Paul von Hindenburg | ... |
Self - President of Germany (archiveFootage)
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Gerd von Rundstedt | ... |
Self - German Field Marshal (archiveFootage)
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Directed by
| Peter Baylis | ||
Written by
| Winston Churchill | ... | (book "The Second World War") |
| Victor Wolfson | ... | () |
Produced by
| Jack Levin | ... | producer (as Jack Le Vien) |
Music by
| Ron Grainer | ||
Cinematography by
| Hone Glendinning | ||
Editing by
| Gerry Arbeid | ||
| Oliver Cheatle | ||
| Roger Pennington | ||
| Bryan Tilling | ... | (as Brian Tilling) |
Editorial Department
| Harry Booth | ... | editorial coordinator |
Production Management
| Howard Connell | ... | production manager |
Sound Department
| Alban Streeter | ... | sound editor |
Additional Crew
| Ruth Astor | ... | researcher |
| Mary Baylis | ... | research manager |
| Sarah Erulkar | ... | researcher |
| Arthur Ferriman | ... | production executive (as Arthur S. Ferriman) |
| Robert Kruger | ... | researcher |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Columbia Pictures Corporation (1964) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures (1964) (United States) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures of Canada (1964) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures Proprietary (1964) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Columbia Film (1965) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Kamera Film Aktieselskap (1965) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Beckmann Visual Publishing (2005) (World-wide) (DVD)
- CCXTV (2020) (United Kingdom) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Chambers & Partners (titles)
Storyline
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| Taglines | All the Heroic Adventure...All the Humor...All the Heart...Of Our Century's Most Exciting Man! See more » |
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