David Copperfield
Delbert Mann1969-12-01
5.4
118 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Richard Attenborough | Mr. Tungay | Unowned |
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Cyril Cusack | Barkis | Unowned |
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Edith Evans | Aunt Betsy Trotwood | Unowned |
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Pamela Franklin | Dora Spenlow | Unowned |
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Susan Hampshire | Agnes Wickfield | Unowned |
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Wendy Hiller | Mrs. Micawber | Unowned |
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Ron Moody | Uriah Heep | Unowned |
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Laurence Olivier | Mr. Creakle | Unowned |
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Robin Phillips | David Copperfield | Unowned |
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Michael Redgrave | Dan Peggotty | Unowned |
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Ralph Richardson | Mr. Micawber | Unowned |
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Emlyn Williams | Mr. Dick | Unowned |
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Sinéad Cusack | Emily | Unowned |
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James Donald | Mr. Murdstone | Unowned |
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James Hayter | Porter | Unowned |
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Megs Jenkins | Clara Peggotty | Unowned |
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Anna Massey | Jane Murdstone | Unowned |
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Andrew McCulloch | Ham Peggotty | Unowned |
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Nicholas Pennell | Thomas Traddles | Unowned |
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Corin Redgrave | James Steerforth | Unowned |
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Isobel Black | Clara Copperfield | Unowned |
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Liam Redmond | Mr. Quinion | Unowned |
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Donald Layne-Smith | Mr. Wickfield | Unowned |
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Christopher Moran | Boy Steerforth | Unowned |
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Jeffrey Chandler | Boy Traddles | Unowned |
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Kim Craik | Child Emily | Unowned |
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Helen Cotterill | Mary Ann | Unowned |
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Alastair Mackenzie | Little David | Unowned |
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William Lyon Brown | Doctor | Unowned |