This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.
Winston Churchill
Simon Ward
Le capitaine du 35e Sikhs
Peter Cellier
Lord Randolph Churchill
Robert Shaw
Lady Jennie Churchill
Anne Bancroft
Mr. Welldon
Jack Hawkins
George E. Buckle
Ian Holm
David Llyod George
Anthony Hopkins
Captain Aylmer Haldane
Edward Woodward
General Kitchner
John Mills
General Bindon Blood
Patrick Magee
Officer on Train
James Cosmo
Pamela Plowden
Jane Seymour
Prep School Headmaster
Robert Hardy
Lord Salisbury
Laurence Naismith
Prince of Wales
Reginald Marsh
Capt. Weaver
Dinsdale Landen
Howard
John Woodvine
Dr. Roose
Clive Morton
Dr. Buzzard
Robert Flemyng
Moore
Richard Leech
Butcher
Colin Blakely
Mounted Boer
Andrew Faulds
Henry Labouchere
Edward Burnham
Winston (age 7)
Russell Lewis
Sir Charles W. Dilke (uncredited)
Norman Gay
Adjutant
Ronald Hines
Sikh Solider
Dino Shafeek
Mrs. Everest
Pat Haywood
Arthur Balfour
William Dexter
Joseph Chamberlain
Basil Dignam
Speaker Peel
John Stuart
Interviewer
Noel Davis
Winston (aged 13)
Michael Audreson
Harrow Speech Room Boy
Peter Mann
Capt. Baker
Julian Holloway
Major Finn
Thorley Walters
Colonel Martin
Patrick Holt
Party Chairman
Norman Bird
Aylmer Haldane
Edward Woodward
Engineer
Gerald Sim
Fireman
Ron Pember
Brockie
Maurice Roëves
Barnsby
James Cossins
Dewsnap
Norman Rossington
Clementine Hozier
Pippa Steel
Speaker Gully
Robert Harris
Hanry Labouchere
Edward Burnham
Old Officer
Raymond Huntley
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Jack Armstrong
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Jack Arrow
Boer Sentry (uncredited)
Richard Beal
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Alan Beaton
Opposition MP (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
Clerk of the Commons (uncredited)
Vic Chapman
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
Austen Chamberlain (uncredited)
Jeremy Child
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Alan Cope
Mrs. Dewsnap (uncredited)
Brenda Cowling
Officer (uncredited)
Arnold Diamond
Gladstone (uncredited)
Willoughby Gray
House of Commons Doorkeeper (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Alan Harris
Boer Sentry (uncredited)
Nigel Hawthorne
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Lindsay Hooper
Jack Winston (uncredited)
Kevin Hudson
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Pat Judge
Harrow school master (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
Sympathetic MP (uncredited)
Robert Lankesheer
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Roy Lansford
Man in Theatre Gallery (uncredited)
Raymond Mason
Field Cornet (uncredited)
George Mikell
Lord Randolph Churchill's Butler (uncredited)
Hugh Morton
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Fred Peck
Man on Stage (uncredited)
Bob Raymond
Harrow School Guest (uncredited)
Tina Simmons
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Tony Snell
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Byron Sotiris
Harrow School Master (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Fred Stroud
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
John Tatham
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Harry Tierney
Sir Winston (uncredited)
Sanders Watney
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
John Wilder