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The Prime Minister (film)

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Director
  
Thorold Dickinson

Music director
  
Jack Beaver

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Biography, Drama, History

Cinematography
  
Basil Emmott

Language
  
English

Writer
  
Michael Hogan
,
Brock Williams

Release date
  
3 May 1941

Cast
  
John Gielgud
,
Diana Wynyard
,
Will Fyffe

Similar movies
  
Disraeli (1929), The Mudlark (1950), The Young Mr Pitt (1942), The Deal (2003), The Iron Lady (2011)

The Prime Minister is a British film released in 1941 directed by Thorold Dickinson. It details the life and times of Benjamin Disraeli, who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and stars John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, Fay Compton and Stephen Murray. Gielgud would later reprise his role as Disraeli in the ITV television drama Edward the Seventh (1975).

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Plot

In 1837, London novelist Benjamin Disraeli (John Gielgud) crashes his bicycle and is given a ride to a garden party by Mary Ann Wyndham-Lewis (Diana Wynyard). She read his novels and says he should be in Parliament. Disraeli asks Mary Ann to help him, so she goes to the Conservative party leaders and gets their support for Disraeli.

Cast

  • John Gielgud as Benjamin Disraeli
  • Diana Wynyard as Mary Disraeli
  • Fay Compton as Queen Victoria
  • Pamela Standish as Victoria, Princess Royal
  • Stephen Murray as William Ewart Gladstone
  • Owen Nares as Lord Derby
  • Frederick Leister as Lord Melbourne
  • Nicholas Hannen as Sir Robert Peel
  • Will Fyffe as The Agitator
  • Anthony Ireland as the Count D'Orsay
  • Irene Brown as Lady Londonderry
  • References

    The Prime Minister (film) Wikipedia
    The Prime Minister (film) IMDb The Prime Minister (film) themoviedb.org