![Churchill's Secret (2016)](/media/img/movie/poster/m/70/8f9ce2c9a2eaac02ca13355a.jpg)
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953 that's kept a secret from the rest of the world.
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Michael Gambon Lindsay Duncan Romola Garai Matthew Macfadyen Tara Fitzgerald Rachael Stirling Bill Paterson Daisy Lewis Alex Jennings Chris Larkin James Wilby Patrick Kennedy Christian McKay John Standing Matilda Sturridge Matthew Marsh Ian Mercer William Blenkinsop Eloise Webb Dixie Egerickx Harper Gray Molly Ashby Margot Orr
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