David Copperfield

118 mins
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.

Edith Evans

Aunt Betsy Trotwood

Pamela Franklin

Dora Spenlow

Susan Hampshire

Agnes Wickfield

Wendy Hiller

Mrs. Micawber

Ron Moody

Uriah Heep

Laurence Olivier

Mr. Creakle

Robin Phillips

David Copperfield

Michael Redgrave

Dan Peggotty

Ralph Richardson

Mr. Micawber

James Donald

Mr. Murdstone

Megs Jenkins

Clara Peggotty

Anna Massey

Jane Murdstone

Andrew McCulloch

Ham Peggotty

Nicholas Pennell

Thomas Traddles

Corin Redgrave

James Steerforth

Isobel Black

Clara Copperfield

Liam Redmond

Mr. Quinion

Donald Layne-Smith

Mr. Wickfield

Christopher Moran

Boy Steerforth

Jeffrey Chandler

Boy Traddles

Kim Craik

Child Emily

Alastair Mackenzie

Little David

Delbert Mann

Director

Jack Pulman

Screenplay

Ken Hodges

Director of Photography

Alex Vetchinsky

Art Direction

Anthony Mendleson

Costume Design

George Minassian

Camera Operator

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