The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

The rise of the legendary 19th-century British politician and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.

Cast

Trevor Howard

as Benjamin Disraeli

Greer Garson

as Mary Anne Disraeli

Eric Berry

as Sir Robert Peel

Norman Barrs

as Speaker of the House

Denholm Elliott

as Montague Corry

Frederick Worlock

as Lord Derby

Peter von Zerneck

as Prince Bismarck

Hugh Franklin

as Dr. Jenner

Chris Gampel

as General Peel (as C.M. Gampel)

Chris Gampel

as Colonel Peel (as C.M. Gampel)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Trevor Howard does rather well here to condense thirty-odd years of the political life of Benjamin Disraeli into seventy-five minutes. A principled idealist of the Jewish faith, he was determined to attain the office of Prime Minister to the initially quite hostile Queen Victoria (Kate Reid) and to ...

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