Les Griffes du lion

L’histoire

Le film raconte la jeunesse du futur Premier Ministre britannique Winston Churchill. La première partie du film montre Churchill alors qu'il fréquentait l'école, une période de sa vie où il fut malheureux ; l'épisode se termine avec la mort de son père. La seconde partie évoque l'époque où il était officier de cavalerie en Inde et au Soudan, et sa participation à la charge de cavalerie à Omdurman, puis ses expériences comme correspondant de guerre dans la seconde guerre des Boer, et les épisodes de sa capture et de son évasion, enfin son élection au Parlement à l'âge de 26 ans.

Distribution

S Simon WardWinston Churchill P Peter CellierLe capitaine du 35e Sikhs R Robert ShawLord Randolph Churchill A Anne BancroftLady Jennie Churchill J Jack HawkinsMr. Welldon I Ian HolmGeorge E. Buckle A Anthony HopkinsDavid Llyod George E Edward WoodwardCaptain Aylmer Haldane J John MillsGeneral Kitchner P Patrick MageeGeneral Bindon Blood J James CosmoOfficer on Train J Jane SeymourPamela Plowden

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R Robert HardyPrep School Headmaster L Laurence NaismithLord Salisbury R Reginald MarshPrince of Wales D Dinsdale LandenCapt. Weaver J John WoodvineHoward C Clive MortonDr. Roose R Robert FlemyngDr. Buzzard R Richard LeechMoore C Colin BlakelyButcher A Andrew FauldsMounted Boer E Edward BurnhamHenry Labouchere R Russell LewisWinston (age 7) N Norman GaySir Charles W. Dilke (uncredited) R Ronald HinesAdjutant D Dino ShafeekSikh Solider P Pat HaywoodMrs. Everest W William DexterArthur Balfour B Basil DignamJoseph Chamberlain J John StuartSpeaker Peel N Noel DavisInterviewer M Michael AudresonWinston (aged 13) P Peter MannHarrow Speech Room Boy J Julian HollowayCapt. Baker T Thorley WaltersMajor Finn P Patrick HoltColonel Martin N Norman BirdParty Chairman G Gerald SimEngineer R Ron PemberFireman M Maurice RoëvesBrockie J James CossinsBarnsby N Norman RossingtonDewsnap P Pippa SteelClementine Hozier R Robert HarrisSpeaker Gully R Raymond HuntleyOld Officer J Jack ArmstrongMember of Parliament (uncredited) J Jack ArrowMember of Parliament (uncredited) R Richard BealBoer Sentry (uncredited) A Alan BeatonMember of Parliament (uncredited) H Hyma BeckleyOpposition MP (uncredited) E Ernest BlythMember of Parliament (uncredited) V Vic ChapmanClerk of the Commons (uncredited) J Jimmy ChartersMember of Parliament (uncredited) J Jeremy ChildAusten Chamberlain (uncredited) A Alan CopeMember of Parliament (uncredited) B Brenda CowlingMrs. Dewsnap (uncredited) A Arnold DiamondOfficer (uncredited) W Willoughby GrayGladstone (uncredited) V Victor HarringtonHouse of Commons Doorkeeper (uncredited) A Alan HarrisMember of Parliament (uncredited) N Nigel HawthorneBoer Sentry (uncredited) L Lindsay HooperMember of Parliament (uncredited) K Kevin HudsonJack Winston (uncredited) J Juba KennerleyHarrow school master (uncredited) R Robert LankesheerSympathetic MP (uncredited) R Roy LansfordMember of Parliament (uncredited) R Raymond MasonMan in Theatre Gallery (uncredited) G George MikellField Cornet (uncredited) H Hugh MortonLord Randolph Churchill's Butler (uncredited) F Fred PeckMember of Parliament (uncredited) B Bob RaymondMan on Stage (uncredited) T Tony SnellMember of Parliament (uncredited) B Byron SotirisMember of Parliament (uncredited) G Guy StandevenHarrow School Master (uncredited) F Fred StroudMember of Parliament (uncredited) J John TathamMember of Parliament (uncredited) H Harry TierneyMember of Parliament (uncredited) S Sanders WatneySir Winston (uncredited) J John WilderMember of Parliament (uncredited)