David Copperfield

David Copperfield

118 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 1, 1969

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.

David Copperfield

118 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 1, 1969

David Copperfield
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers 20th Century Fox Television
Original title David Copperfield
Directors Delbert Mann
Writers Jack Pulman, Charles Dickens

Cast

Richard Attenborough

as Mr. Tungay

Cyril Cusack

as Barkis

Edith Evans

as Aunt Betsy Trotwood

Pamela Franklin

as Dora Spenlow

Susan Hampshire

as Agnes Wickfield

Wendy Hiller

as Mrs. Micawber

Ron Moody

as Uriah Heep

Laurence Olivier

as Mr. Creakle

Robin Phillips

as David Copperfield

Michael Redgrave

as Dan Peggotty

Ralph Richardson

as Mr. Micawber

Emlyn Williams

as Mr. Dick

Sinéad Cusack

as Emily

James Donald

as Mr. Murdstone

James Hayter

as Porter

Megs Jenkins

as Clara Peggotty

Anna Massey

as Jane Murdstone

Andrew McCulloch

as Ham Peggotty

Nicholas Pennell

as Thomas Traddles

Corin Redgrave

as James Steerforth

Isobel Black

as Clara Copperfield

Liam Redmond

as Mr. Quinion

Donald Layne-Smith

as Mr. Wickfield

Christopher Moran

as Boy Steerforth

Jeffrey Chandler

as Boy Traddles

Kim Craik

as Child Emily

Helen Cotterill

as Mary Ann

Alastair Mackenzie

as Little David