The Finest Hours (1964 film)

For the dramatization of daring rescue attempts off New England in 1946, see The Finest Hours (2016 film).

The Finest Hours
Film poster
Directed by	Peter Baylis
Produced by	Jack Levin
Written by	Winston Churchill Victor Wolfson
Narrated by	Orson Welles
Cinematography	Hone Glendinning
Release dates	September 29, 1964 (1964-09-29)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Finest Hours is a 1964 British documentary film about Winston Churchill, directed by Peter Baylis. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[1]

Cast

George Baker as Lord Randolph (voice)
Faith Brook as Lady Randolph (voice)
David Healy as Newsreel Commentator
Orson Welles as Narrator (voice)
George Westbury as Churchill as a boy (voice)
Patrick Wymark as Churchill (voice)

References

↑ Crowther, Bosley. "NY Times: The Finest Hours". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-11-09.

External links

The Finest Hours at the Internet Movie Database

Winston Churchill

Life	Winston Churchill as historian Winston Churchill as writer Winston Churchill in politics: 1900–39 Military service World War II Timeline War Rooms conferences Percentages agreement Statement on Atrocities European Advisory Commission Honours of Winston Churchill Later life of Winston Churchill The Other Club Blenheim Palace Chartwell St Martin's Church, Bladon

Writings	The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) Savrola (1899 novel) The River War (1899) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (1900) Ian Hamilton's March (1900) Lord Randolph Churchill (1906) The World Crisis (1923-1931, five volumes) My Early Life (1930) Marlborough: His Life and Times (1933-1938, four volumes) Great Contemporaries (1937) Arms and the Covenant (1938) The Second World War (1948-1963, six volumes) A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (1956-1958, four volumes)

Speeches	"Blood, toil, tears, and sweat" "Be ye men of valour" "We shall fight on the beaches" "This was their finest hour" "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" "Iron Curtain"

Legacy and depictions	Palace of Westminster statue Parliament Square statue Memorial Trusts Churchill Archives Centre The Churchill Centre U.S. Churchill Museum Cultural depictions

Related	Norway Debate Terminological inexactitude Tonypandy Riots Sword of Stalingrad Operation Unthinkable

Family	Lord Randolph Churchill (father) Jennie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill (mother) John Strange Spencer-Churchill (brother) Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill (wife) Diana Churchill (daughter) Randolph Churchill (son) Sarah Churchill (daughter) Marigold Churchill (daughter) Mary Soames, Baroness Soames (daughter) Descendants John Spencer-Churchill (grandfather) Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill (grandmother) Leonard Jerome (grandfather)

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The Finest Hours (1964 film)

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