Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (2008)

6.7/10 • 84 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

A light hearted look at future Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's rise from research chemist in 1949 to becoming MP for Finchley in 1959, encompassing her early relationship and marriage to oil millionaire Denis Thatcher.

Cast

Andrea Riseborough

Margaret Thatcher

Samuel West

Ted Heath

Rory Kinnear

Denis Thatcher

Geoffrey Palmer

Sir John Crowder

Oliver Ford Davies

Sir Donald Kaberry

Philip Jackson

Alfred Roberts

Michael Cochrane

Sir Waldron Smithers

Jonathan Aris

Stanley Soward

Michael Gould

John Miller

Lydia Leonard

Joyce

Marcia Warren

Old Dear

Sylvestra Le Touzel

Patricia Hornsby-Smith

Christian Rodska

Lieutenant Colonel Digby

Robert Whitelock

Bert

Geoffrey McGivern

Dartford Returning Officer

James Laurenson

Leslie Thomas

Claire Vousden

Nanny

Geoffrey Whitehead

Entwistle

Kim Wall

Lichfield

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