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The Finest Hours
A biography of Winston Churchill, shown through re-creations and actual film footage and told by Orson Welles.
Top Billed Cast
George Baker Lord Randolph (voice)
Faith Brook Lady Randolph (voice)
David Healy Newsreel Commentator
George Westbury Churchill as a boy (voice)
Patrick Wymark Churchill (voice)
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