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Film / 1970
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Directed by
Ned Sherrin
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.
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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.
Cast
Anthony HopkinsCharles Dickens
Sybil ThorndikeElizabeth Ball Dickens
Gladys CooperMrs. Ternan
Joan GreenwoodMaria Beadnell
Stanley HollowayMr. Vuffin
Michael WildingDolby
Mona WashbourneMrs. Jarley
Gordon JacksonThe Narrator (voice)
Arthur LoweJohn Dickens
Vivian PicklesMrs. Dickens
Nora NicholsonRosa Emma Drummond
Dandy NicholsMrs. Gamp
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Freddie JonesWilliam Shaw
Patrick CargillMacready
Jenny AgutterYoung Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan
Dorothy ReynoldsMrs. Roylance/Mrs. Hogarth/Mrs. Prigg/Lady Holland
Gordon RollingsCodlin/Mould/Ramsay
Jeffry WickhamLammert/Whitmore/John Black
Rhoda LewisGeorgina Hogarth
Ken WynneMr. Ellis
Jocelyn BrittonKate Dickens (as Jocelyn Birdsall)
Gregory PhillipsSmike
Roland PickeringCharles Dickens (as a child)
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