The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

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The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

1970

1h 30m

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Overview

British television film about the life of Charles Dickens directed by Ned Sherrin and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jenny Agutter and Arthur Lowe. Hopkins performance as Dickens saw him nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1971.

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Cast & Crew

23 members

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Anthony Hopkins

Charles Dickens

Anthony Hopkins

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Gordon Jackson

The Narrator (voice)

Gordon Jackson

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Arthur Lowe

John Dickens

Arthur Lowe

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Vivian Pickles

Mrs. Dickens

Vivian Pickles

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Sybil Thorndike

Elizabeth Ball Dickens

Sybil Thorndike

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Nora Nicholson

Rosa Emma Drummond

Nora Nicholson

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Stanley Holloway

Mr. Vuffin

Stanley Holloway

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Mona Washbourne

Mrs. Jarley

Mona Washbourne

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Dandy Nichols

Mrs. Gamp

Dandy Nichols

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Freddie Jones

William Shaw

Freddie Jones

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Patrick Cargill

Macready

Patrick Cargill

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Joan Greenwood

Maria Beadnell

Joan Greenwood

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Gladys Cooper

Mrs. Ternan

Gladys Cooper

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Michael Wilding

Dolby

Michael Wilding

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Jenny Agutter

Young Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan

Jenny Agutter

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Dorothy Reynolds

Mrs. Roylance/Mrs. Hogarth/Mrs. Prigg/Lady Holland

Dorothy Reynolds

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Ken Wynne

Mr. Ellis

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Gordon Rollings

Codlin/Mould/Ramsay

Gordon Rollings

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Jeffry Wickham

Lammert/Whitmore/John Black

Jeffry Wickham

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Jocelyn Britton

Kate Dickens (as Jocelyn Birdsall)

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Rhoda Lewis

Georgina Hogarth

Rhoda Lewis

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Gregory Phillips

Smike

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Roland Pickering

Charles Dickens (as a child)

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