---
title: 'Young Winston (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Attenborough'
released: '1972-07-20'
runtime_minutes: 153
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/young-winston-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069528/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Young Winston (1972)

1972 · 153 min · Drama, History · Australia, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Young Winston is a 1972 British epic biographical adventure drama war film in Panavision covering the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, based in particular on his 1930 book, My Early Life. The first part of the film covers Churchill's unhappy schooldays, up to the death of his father. The second half covers his service as a cavalry officer in India and the Sudan, during which he takes part in the cavalry charge at Omdurman, his experiences as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War, during which he is captured and escapes, and his election to Parliament at the age of 26.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Carl Foreman](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-foreman), [Winston Churchill](https://cinepixo.com/people/winston-churchill)
- **Director:** [Richard Attenborough](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-attenborough)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Ralston](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-ralston)
- **Producer:** [Carl Foreman](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-foreman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gerry Turpin](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-turpin)
- **Editor:** [Kevin Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-connor)

## Cast

- [James Cossins](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cossins)
- [Robert Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-shaw) as Lord Randolph Churchill
- [Patrick Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-holt) as Colonel Martin
- [Raymond Huntley](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-huntley)
- [Robert Hardy](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-hardy) as Headmaster
- [Patrick Magee](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-magee) as Bindon Blood
- [Robert Flemyng](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-flemyng)
- [Colin Blakely](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-blakely)
- [Jack Hawkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hawkins) as James Welldon
- [Anne Bancroft](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bancroft) as Jeanette Jerome
- [Pat Heywood](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-heywood) as Elizabeth Ann Everest
- [George Mikell](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-mikell)
- [Maurice Roëves](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-roeves)
- [Ian Holm](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-holm) as George Earle Buckle
- [Basil Dignam](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-dignam) as Joseph Chamberlain

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