The Young Mr. Pitt
| The Young Mr Pitt | |
|---|---|
 A scene from the film | |
| Directed by | Carol Reed |
| Written by | Frank Launder & Sidney Gilliat (screenplay); Viscount Castlerosse (additional dialogue and original novel) |
| Starring | Robert Donat, Robert Morley, Herbert Lom, Ronald Shiner |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young |
| Edited by | R.E. Dearing |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
Release date | 21 September 1942 |
Running time | 118 min |
| Country | United Kingdom & United States |
| Language | English |
The Young Mr Pitt is a 1942 British, black-and-white, biographical film, directed by Carol Reed and starring Robert Donat, Robert Morley and John Mills.[1] It was produced by Edward Black, Maurice Ostrer, Twentieth Century Productions Ltd. and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Synopsis
The film was a biopic of William Pitt the Younger. Filmed in wartime, it mirrors his struggle against revolutionary France and Napoleon with Britain's struggle against Hitler's Germany. Similar parallels were drawn between Napoleonic and contemporary history in the film That Hamilton Woman.[2] The period costumes were by Cecil Beaton and Elizabeth Haffenden.
Cast
- Robert Donat - Pitt
- Jean Cadell - Mrs. Sparry
- Robert Morley - Charles James Fox
- Phyllis Calvert - Eleanor Eden
- Raymond Lovell - George III
- Agnes Lauchlan - Queen Charlotte
- John Mills - William Wilberforce
- Felix Aylmer - Lord North
- Ian McLean - Dundas
- Max Adrian - Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- A. Bromley Davenport - Sir Evan Nepean
- Herbert Lom[3] - Napoleon
- Stephen Haggard - Horatio Nelson
- Albert Lieven - Talleyrand
- Gordon James - minor role
- Ronald Shiner - the Man In Stocks (uncredited)
Synopsis
William Pitt the Younger, son of a famous politician father, becomes the youngest Prime Minister the United Kingdom has ever known, wins an election on the promise of peace and prosperity, yet ironically ends up as the presiding spirit of an interminable war with Revolutionary France. Both his health and his private life suffer from the strain.
References
- ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/58942?view=cast
- ^ [citation needed]
- ^ In his first English-speaking role
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