The Prime Minister (1941)
Directed by Thorold Dickinson.
Top billed cast
John GielgudDisraeli
Diana WynyardMary Anne
Will FyffeThe Agitator
Owen NaresLord Derby
Fay ComptonQueen Victoria- Pamela StandishPrincess Victoria
- Stephen MurrayMr. Gladstone
Frederick LeisterLord Melbourne
Nicholas HannenSir Robert Peel
Anthony IrelandCount D'Orsay
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