David Copperfield
1969-12-01 | 118 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Richard AttenboroughMr. Tungay
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Cyril CusackBarkis
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Edith EvansAunt Betsy Trotwood
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Pamela FranklinDora Spenlow
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Susan HampshireAgnes Wickfield
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Wendy HillerMrs. Micawber
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Ron MoodyUriah Heep
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Laurence OlivierMr. Creakle
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Michael RedgraveDan Peggotty
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Ralph RichardsonMr. Micawber
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Emlyn WilliamsMr. Dick
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Sinéad CusackEmily
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James DonaldMr. Murdstone
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James HayterPorter
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Megs JenkinsClara Peggotty
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Anna MasseyJane Murdstone
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Andrew McCullochHam Peggotty
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Corin RedgraveJames Steerforth