The Young Mr. Pitt

IMDb link: 0035586
IMDb rating: 6.8 (506 votes)
Genres: Drama, Biography, War, Romance
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Robert Morley, Robert Donat, Geoffrey Atkins, Jean Cadell 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

Plot:

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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