The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

Name: The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1970-07-02
Duration: 90 min

1h 30m·Drama, TV Movie

Directed by Ned Sherrin·1970

Rate

8.0/10 avg

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.

DirectorNed SherrinStudioBBC

Actor	Role
Anthony HopkinsCharles Dickens	Charles Dickens
Sybil ThorndikeElizabeth Ball Dickens	Elizabeth Ball Dickens
Gladys CooperMrs. Ternan	Mrs. Ternan
Joan GreenwoodMaria Beadnell	Maria Beadnell
Stanley HollowayMr. Vuffin	Mr. Vuffin
Michael WildingDolby	Dolby
Mona WashbourneMrs. Jarley	Mrs. Jarley
Gordon JacksonThe Narrator (voice)	The Narrator (voice)
Arthur LoweJohn Dickens	John Dickens
Vivian PicklesMrs. Dickens	Mrs. Dickens
Nora NicholsonRosa Emma Drummond	Rosa Emma Drummond
Dandy NicholsMrs. Gamp	Mrs. Gamp
Freddie JonesWilliam Shaw	William Shaw
Patrick CargillMacready	Macready
Jenny AgutterYoung Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan	Young Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan
Dorothy ReynoldsMrs. Roylance/Mrs. Hogarth/Mrs. Prigg/Lady Holland	Mrs. Roylance/Mrs. Hogarth/Mrs. Prigg/Lady Holland
Gordon RollingsCodlin/Mould/Ramsay	Codlin/Mould/Ramsay
Jeffry WickhamLammert/Whitmore/John Black	Lammert/Whitmore/John Black
Rhoda LewisGeorgina Hogarth	Georgina Hogarth
KKen WynneMr. Ellis	Mr. Ellis
JJocelyn BrittonKate Dickens (as Jocelyn Birdsall)	Kate Dickens (as Jocelyn Birdsall)
GGregory PhillipsSmike	Smike
RRoland PickeringCharles Dickens (as a child)	Charles Dickens (as a child)

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