David Copperfield

Delbert Mann
1969-12-01


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