Movie
Churchill
Overview
A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-05-25
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Embankment Films, Head Gear Films, Lipsync Productions, Silver Reel, Metrol Technology, Salon Pictures, Tempo Productions
- Country
- Switzerland, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brian Cox as Winston Churchill
- Miranda Richardson as Clementine Churchill
- John Slattery as Dwight Eisenhower
- Julian Wadham as Bernard Montgomery
- Richard Durden as Jan Smuts
- Ella Purnell as Helen Garrett
- James Purefoy as King George VI
- Danny Webb as Alan Brooke
- Jonathan Aris as Mallory
- George Anton as Admiral Ramsay
- Steven Cree as Captain Stagg
- Peter Ormond as Briggs
Crew
- Jonathan Teplitzky - Director
- Alex von Tunzelmann - Writer
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