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Who's to play Halifax?

posted 8 years ago by eaton321
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I don't think a film of this period would be complete without showing how Churchill got the job instead of Lord Halifax, who was the Establishment's candidate and, apparently, more amenable to a peace deal with Hitler.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6436) 7 years ago

He plays a very big role in it.

[–] marecek (122) 7 years ago

Stephen Dillane, who has played heels before - Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones - the jerk who had his own daughter burnt at the stake.