Churchill and the Generals
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| Churchill and the Generals | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Directed by | Alan Gibson |
| Produced by | Jack Levin and Alan Shallcross |
| Written by | Ian Curteis |
| Starring | Timothy West, Eric Porter, Arthur Hill |
| Music by | Wilfred Josephs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | BBC Two |
| Release date | 1979 (UK) 5 March 1981(USA) |
Churchill and the Generals is a 1979 BBC television video taped play concerning the relationship between Winston Churchill and generals of the Allied forces between 1940 and 1945. It was written by Ian Curteis (with Peter Young as military advisor) and screened on 5 March 1981 in the United States.
[edit] Cast
- Timothy West - Winston Churchill
- Eric Porter - Gen. Sir Alan Brooke
- Arthur Hill - Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Joseph Cotten - George C. Marshall
- Richard Dysart - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Ian Richardson - Bernard L. Montgomery
- Patrick Allen - Claude Auchinleck
- Alexander Knox - Henry Stimson, Secretary of War
- Robert Arden - Harry Hopkins
- Paul Hardwick - Hastings Ismay
- Peter Copley - Sir John Dill
- Patrick Magee - Sir Archibald Wavell
- Terence Alexander - Sir Harold Alexander
- Lyndon Brook - George VI of the United Kingdom
- Amanda Walker - Queen Elizabeth
- Richard Easton - Anthony Eden
- Geoffrey Keen - Sir Charles Wilson
- Bernard Archard - Edward, Lord Halifax
- Edward Jewesbury - Neville Chamberlain
- Barry Jackson - Clement Attlee
- Jacques Duby - Paul Reynaud
- André Maranne - Gen. Maurice Gamelin
- Jacques Boudet - Brig. Gen. Charles De Gaulle
- Noel Coleman - Gen. Sir Edmund Ironside
- Noel Johnson - Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsay
- Robert Raglan - Gen. Maitland Wilson
[edit] External links
- Churchill and the Generals on IMDB
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