Top billed cast

1. 

   Cedric Hardwicke

   Ralph Nickleby

2. 

   Stanley Holloway

   Vincent Crummles

3. 

   Derek Bond

   Nicholas Nickleby

4. 

   Mary Merrall

   Mrs. Nickleby

5. 

   Sally Ann Howes

   Kate Nickleby

6. 

   Aubrey Woods

   Smike

7. 

   Jill Balcon

   Madeline Bray

8. 

   Bernard Miles

   Newman Noggs

9. 

   Alfred Drayton

   Wackford Squeers

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-04-23

It's not so often that Sir Cedric Hardwicke takes centre stage in a film, but he does it quite menacingly in this adaptation of Charles Dickens's story of greed and belonging. We first meet his "Ralph" when his recently widowed sister-in-law (Mary Merrill) arrives on his doorstep with her children "Nicholas" (Derek Bond) and "Kate" (Sally Ann Howes). In need of his patronage, he agrees providing the children find gainful employment - a task he readily undertakes himself. She is to become an apprentice seamstress, he a teacher in a remote boy's school run by "Wackford Squeers" (Alfred Drayton) ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• boarding school
• victorian england
• smike
• wackford squeers