Young Winston (1972)
This film is based on the early life of Winston Churchill and is directed by Richard Attenborough with Simon Ward in the lead role. As a young man Churchill seeks to make a name for himself after his father's fall from politics and his mother's loss of the family money.
While at the time Simon Ward was an unknown actor the cast for this film also includes Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Ian Holm, John Mills and Anthony Hopkins. The film certainly provides plenty of action and adventure as well as covering the main events of Churchill's early life but it does seem to be more about covering these events rather than showing how they shaped the man. Some important events such as Lady Churchill losing the family fortune and Winston meeting his future wife are barely mentioned at all, let alone how they affected Churchill.
3/5 average biopic
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