Drama History
In 1783 England, King George III appoints William Pitt only 24 years old, as PM. When members of Parliament refuse to take Pitt seriously, he calls for a general election and wins. Pitt works to reform England, focusing on rebuilding the navy while across the sea in France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his conquest of Europe.
Directed by
Carol Reed
John Mills
William Wilberforce
Bruce Winston
J.H. Roberts
Roy Emerton
Dan Mendoza
Felix Aylmer
Lord North
Herbert Lom
Napoleon
Hugh McDermott
Mr. Melvill
Robert Donat
William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
Robert Morley
Charles James Fox
John Slater
Austin Trevor
French Registrar
Max Adrian
Richard Sheridan
Merle Tottenham
Maid at Lord Auckland's
Kathleen Byron
Millicent Grey (uncredited)
James Kenney
John Salew
Smith
Leslie Bradley
Gentleman Jackson
Frederick Valk
Frederick Culley
Sir Wm. Farquhar
Leo Genn
Danton (uncredited)
Henry Hewitt
Addington
Ronald Shiner
Man in Stocks
Leslie Dwyer
Servant at Lord Auckland's
Ian McLean
Dundas
Peter Gawthorne
Admiral
James Harcourt
Bellamy
Esme Percy
Charles Paton
Ann Stephens
Albert Lieven
Talleyrand
Phyllis Calvert
Eleanor Eden
Gibb McLaughlin
George Selwyn
Jack Watling
Atkinson
Kynaston Reeves
Esma Cannon
Servant at Lord Auckland's
David Horne
Mayor
A. Bromley Davenport
Sir Evan Nepean
Frederick Leister
Lord Auckland
Aubrey Mallalieu
Somerset
Raymond Lovell
George the Third
Johnnie Schofield
Margaret Vyner
Duchess of Devonshire
Jean Cadell
Mrs. Sparry
Frank Pettingell
Coachman
Lloyd Pearson
Philip Friend
Edmund Willard
Gordon James
Morland Graham
Geoffrey Atkins
William Pitt, as a boy
Agnes Lauchlan
Queen Charlotte
Stephen Haggard
Lord Nelson
Stuart Lindsell
Earl Spencer
Alfred Sangster
Lord Grenville
Hugh Ardale
Naval Officer
Neal Arden
Johnny Brandon
H. Carleton-Crowe
Old Man
Muriel George
Mrs. Carr
Alf Goddard
Billy Holland
W.E. Holloway
Max Kirby
3rd Secretary
Gertrude Maesmore Morris
Lady in Waiting
Owen Reynolds
Ralph Roberts
Grant Tyler
Boy
D.J. Williams

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