The Winslow Boy (1999 film) case coming to court. On the fourth day of the trial, the Solicitor General accepted that Archer-Shee was innocent, and ultimately the family was paid compensation. George Archer-Shee died in the First World War and his name is inscribed on the war memorial in the village of Woodchester in Gloucestershire where his parents lived. The film was released on DVD in the United States in February 2000. The special features include an audio commentary by director/screenwriter David Mamet and cast members, Jeremy Northam, Nigel Hawthorne and Rebecca Pidgeon. The DVD also includes theatrical trailers for "The Winslow Boy" and "The
Martin Archer-Shee Noel Pemberton Billing offered Archer-Shee a duel by boxing in public for charity; Archer-Shee declined. At the 1918 general election Archer-Shee was elected MP for the new constituency of Finsbury, parliamentary boundaries having been altered by the Representation of the People Act 1918. He held the seat at the 1922 general election, and was knighted in 1923. He was defeated in 1923 by his Labour Party opponent, George Masterman Gillett. He attempted to re-enter parliament in the following year, but failed to be elected at Peckham. This was to be his last electoral contest: although his name was proposed when