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1970 | DIRECTED BY NED SHERRIN

The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

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Movie Stats
Year
1970
Runtime
 90 minutes (1 hr 30 mins)
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Anthony Hopkins
Gordon Jackson
Arthur Lowe
Vivian Pickles
Sybil Thorndike
Nora Nicholson
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Directed by
ned sherrin Ned Sherrin
Starring
ned sherrinAnthony HopkinsCharles Dickens
Gordon JacksonThe Narrator
Arthur LoweJohn Dickens
Vivian PicklesMrs. Dickens
Sybil ThorndikeElizabeth Ball Dickens
Nora NicholsonRosa Emma Drummond
Stanley HollowayMr. Vuffin
Mona WashbourneMrs. Jarley
Dandy NicholsMrs. Gamp
Freddie JonesWilliam Shaw
Patrick CargillMacready
Joan GreenwoodMaria Beadnell
Gladys CooperMrs. Ternan
Michael WildingDolby
ned sherrinJenny AgutterYoung Maria Beadnall / Mary Hogarth / Ellen Ternan
Dorothy ReynoldsMrs. Roylance / Mrs. Hogarth / Mrs. Prigg / Lady Holland
Ken WynneMr. Ellis
Gordon RollingsCodlin / Mould / Ramsay
Jeffry WickhamLammert / Whitmore / John Black
Jocelyn BrittonKate Dickens
Rhoda LewisGeorgina Hogarth
Gregory PhillipsSmike
Roland PickeringCharles Dickens (as a child)
Margaret RutherfordMiss La Creevy (rehearsed only)

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1970-07-02
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Charles Dickens, colonialism, and the slave trade  The Daily Star Mon, 12th January 2026

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