The Finest Hours (1964 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
Production company	Le Vien International
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	September 29, 1964 (1964-09-29) (United Kingdom) November 10, 1964 (1964-11-10) (United States)
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)

See also

• Orson Welles filmography

References

External links

• The Finest Hours at the Internet Movie Database

Winston Churchill
Life	Winston Churchill as historian Winston Churchill as painter Winston Churchill as writer Winston Churchill in politics: 1900–39 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 Washington, DC, statue Memorial Trusts Churchill Archives Centre The Churchill Centre US 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) Clarissa Eden (niece)