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01/12/1969 Drama, TV Movie 1h 58m
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Overview

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.

  1. Delbert Mann

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Richard Attenborough

    Mr. Tungay

  2. Cyril Cusack

    Barkis

  3. Edith Evans

    Aunt Betsy Trotwood

  4. Pamela Franklin

    Dora Spenlow

  5. Susan Hampshire

    Agnes Wickfield

  6. Wendy Hiller

    Mrs. Micawber

  7. Ron Moody

    Uriah Heep

  8. Laurence Olivier

    Mr. Creakle

  9. Robin Phillips

    David Copperfield

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-06-03
This was never one of my favourite Dickens stories - I always found the title character just a bit , well, wet! Anyway, the really quite mediocre Robin Phillips take the role for this adaptation, and we follow his rather brutal adventures of childhood and early adulthood that see him deal with bullying, beating, extortion and tragedy. As with the book, to which this is fairly faithful, there are quite literally heaps of curious and engaging characters he encounters along the way, most notably Sir Ralph Richardson's wonderfully over the top "Micawber", Sir Michael Redgrave's "Peggotty" desperat...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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