The Gathering Storm (1974 film)

The Gathering Storm
Genre Biography
Drama
Written by Winston Churchill (book)
Colin Morris
Directed by Herbert Wise
Starring Richard Burton
Virginia McKenna
Robert Hardy
Ian Bannen
Lesley Dunlop
Country of origin United Kingdom
United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) Duane Bogie
Producer(s) Jack Levin
Andrew Osborn
Running time 75 minutes
Production company(s) NBC
BBC
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Distributor NBC
Release
Original network NBC
Original release November 29, 1974

The Gathering Storm is a 1974 American television biopic film, about Winston Churchill's life in the years just prior to, and at the start of, World War II, from 1936 to 1940.

It was a joint production of the BBC and NBC, made in 1974 in the Hallmark Hall of Fame; it starred Richard Burton as Churchill and Virginia McKenna as Clementine Churchill.

The film has the same name as the first volume of Churchill's largely autobiographical six-volume history of the war. This volume covers the period from 1919 to 10 May 1940, the day he became prime minister.

The film was broadcast on United Kingdom television under the title Walk With Destiny. Although another film about Churchill, made in 2002, was also called The Gathering Storm, it bears little resemblance to the 1974 film.

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