The Young Mr. Pitt
- IMDb link: 0035586
- IMDb rating: 6.8 (508 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, Biography, War, Romance
- Director: Carol Reed
- Cast: Robert Donat, Geoffrey Atkins, Jean Cadell, Robert Morley and others
- Release date: 21 Sep 1942
- Release year: 1942
- Runtime: 118 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom
- Keywords: napoleonic era, character name as title, william pitt character, four word title, character name in tagline, grief, remorse, reprisal, retribution, anxiety
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This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of twenty-four.
William Pitt the Younger, son of a famous politician father, becomes the youngest Prime Minister England 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.
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