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British television film about the life of Charles Dickens directed by Ned Sherrin and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jenny Agutter and Arthur Lowe. Hopkins performance as Dickens saw him nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1971.
Director
Ned Sherrin
Studio
BBC
Cast
Full credits →A
Anthony Hopkins
Charles Dickens
S
Sybil Thorndike
Elizabeth Ball Dickens
G
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Ternan
J
Joan Greenwood
Maria Beadnell
S
Stanley Holloway
Mr. Vuffin
M
Michael Wilding
Dolby
M
Mona Washbourne
Mrs. Jarley
G
Gordon Jackson
The Narrator (voice)
A
Arthur Lowe
John Dickens
V
Vivian Pickles
Mrs. Dickens
N
Nora Nicholson
Rosa Emma Drummond
D
Dandy Nichols
Mrs. Gamp
F
Freddie Jones
William Shaw
P
Patrick Cargill
Macready
J
Jenny Agutter
Young Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan
D
Dorothy Reynolds
Mrs. Roylance/Mrs. Hogarth/Mrs. Prigg/Lady Holland
G
Gordon Rollings
Codlin/Mould/Ramsay
J
Jeffry Wickham
Lammert/Whitmore/John Black
R
Rhoda Lewis
Georgina Hogarth
K
Ken Wynne
Mr. Ellis
