Hard Times

Hard Times

100 mins | April 29, 1994

Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life with an outstanding cast and brilliant cinematography.

Hard Times

100 mins | April 29, 1994

Hard Times
Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life with an outstanding cast and brilliant cinematography.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers BBC, WGBH Boston
Original title Hard Times
Directors Peter Barnes
Writers Peter Barnes

Cast

Alan Bates

as Josiah Bounderby

Bob Peck

as Thomas Gradgrind

Richard E. Grant

as James Harthouse

Bill Paterson

as Stephen Blackpool

Beatie Edney

as Louisa Gradgrind

Harriet Walter

as Rachel

Dilys Laye

as Mrs. Sparsit

Alex Jennings

as Bitzer

Diana Fairfax

as Mrs. Gradgrind

Peter Bayliss

as Sleary

Timothy Bateson

as Childers

Christopher Benjamin

as Slackbridge