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Churchill and the Generals Genre Drama Directed by Alan Gibson Produced by Jack Levin and
Alan ShallcrossWritten 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.
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
External links
- Churchill and the Generals on IMDB
Categories:- English-language films
- Television film stubs
- 1979 television films
- BBC television dramas
- British television films
- Cultural depictions of Winston Churchill
- World War II television drama
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