The Finest Hours

Name: The Finest Hours
Director: Peter Baylis
Genre: Documentary, War
Released: 1964
Duration: 116 min
Cast: George Baker, Faith Brook, David Healy, Orson Welles, George Westbury

Peter Baylis

19641h 56mEnglish

Documentary War

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1Oscar

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Synopsis

A biography of Winston Churchill, shown through re-creations and actual film footage and told by Orson Welles.

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DocumentaryWar

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Nominated

Documentary (Feature) · Jack Le Vien, Producer

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1965

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Documentary (Feature)

Jack Le Vien, Producer

1965

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Cast

George Baker

Lord Randolph (voice)

Faith Brook

Lady Randolph (voice)

David Healy

Newsreel Commentator

Orson Welles

Narrator (voice)

George Westbury

Churchill as a boy (voice)

Patrick Wymark

Churchill (voice)

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The Finest Hours

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