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David Copperfield

Drama | TV Movie

5.4

Release Date

December 1, 1969

Duration

118 min

Status

Released

Language

en

Overview

A made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens' classic novel, turns Dickens' picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield Robin Phillips as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach, recalling his youth. The characters are all trotted out in choppy flashbacks as David remembers his life as a young orphan, brought to London and passed around from relatives, to guardians, to boarding school.

Casts

Richard Attenborough

Mr. Tungay

Richard Attenborough

Cyril Cusack

Barkis

Cyril Cusack

Edith Evans

Aunt Betsy Trotwood

Edith Evans

Pamela Franklin

Dora Spenlow

Pamela Franklin

Susan Hampshire

Agnes Wickfield

Susan Hampshire

Wendy Hiller

Mrs. Micawber

Wendy Hiller

Ron Moody

Uriah Heep

Ron Moody

Laurence Olivier

Mr. Creakle

Laurence Olivier

Robin Phillips

David Copperfield

Robin Phillips

Michael Redgrave

Dan Peggotty

Michael Redgrave

Ralph Richardson

Mr. Micawber

Ralph Richardson

Emlyn Williams

Mr. Dick

Emlyn Williams

Sinéad Cusack

Emily

Sinéad Cusack

James Donald

Mr. Murdstone

James Donald

James Hayter

Porter

James Hayter

Megs Jenkins

Clara Peggotty

Megs Jenkins

Anna Massey

Jane Murdstone

Anna Massey

Andrew McCulloch

Ham Peggotty

Andrew McCulloch

Nicholas Pennell

Thomas Traddles

Nicholas Pennell

Corin Redgrave

James Steerforth

Corin Redgrave

Isobel Black

Clara Copperfield

Isobel Black

Liam Redmond

Mr. Quinion

Liam Redmond

Donald Layne-Smith

Mr. Wickfield

Donald Layne-Smith

Christopher Moran

Boy Steerforth

Christopher Moran

Jeffrey Chandler

Boy Traddles

Jeffrey Chandler

Kim Craik

Child Emily

Kim Craik

Helen Cotterill

Mary Ann

Helen Cotterill

Alastair Mackenzie

Little David

Alastair Mackenzie

William Lyon Brown

Doctor

William Lyon Brown

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