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The Young Mr. Pitt

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NR,1hr 58min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
March 10, 1943
Director:
Carol Reed
Starring:
Robert Donat, Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert  ...more
Synopsis: Released worldwide by 20th Century Fox, Carol Reed's The Young Mr. Pitt is a static but sincere filmed biography of 19th century British prime minister William Pitt Jr., here played by Robert Donat. Appointed to his office at the tender age of 24, Mr. Pitt spends most of his time in Parliament alerting his countrymen of the dangers posed by France's Emperor Napoleon (Herbert Lom, in his first English-speaking role). The Frank Launder-Sidney Gilliat screenplay works overtime drawing parallels between ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
More effective in 1942, when its propagandistic tone was more readily received by audiences living through a terrible war, The Young Mr. Pitt is moderately entertaining today. The chief flaw with Pitt is that its creators have taken the complex politics of its period and reduced them to an us-vs.-them, good-vs.-evil situation. This not only does a disservice to history -- it makes for stilted and artificial ... Full Review
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Robert Donat
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
Robert Morley
Charles James Fox
Phyllis Calvert
Eleanor Eden
John Mills
William Wilberforce
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