David Copperfield

Directed by Delbert Mann
1970    1h 58m    TV-PG
Drama, TV Movie
5.831%
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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.
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Cast of David Copperfield
  • Richard AttenboroughMr. Tungay
  • Cyril CusackBarkis
  • Edith EvansAunt Betsy Trotwood
  • Pamela FranklinDora Spenlow
  • Susan HampshireAgnes Wickfield
  • Wendy HillerMrs. Micawber
  • Ron MoodyUriah Heep
  • Laurence OlivierMr. Creakle
  • Robin PhillipsDavid Copperfield
  • Michael RedgraveDan Peggotty
  • Ralph RichardsonMr. Micawber
  • Emlyn WilliamsMr. Dick
  • Sinéad CusackEmily
  • James DonaldMr. Murdstone
  • James HayterPorter
  • Megs JenkinsClara Peggotty
  • Anna MasseyJane Murdstone
  • Andrew McCullochHam Peggotty
  • Nicholas PennellThomas Traddles
  • Corin RedgraveJames Steerforth
  • Isobel BlackClara Copperfield
  • Liam RedmondMr. Quinion
  • Donald Layne-SmithMr. Wickfield
  • Christopher MoranBoy Steerforth
  • Jeffrey ChandlerBoy Traddles
  • Kim CraikChild Emily
  • Helen CotterillMary Ann
  • Alastair MackenzieLittle David
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