David Copperfield

    David Copperfield
    1969

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Richard AttenboroughMr. Tungay
    • Cyril CusackBarkis
    • Edith EvansAunt Betsy Trotwood
    • Pamela FranklinDora Spenlow
    • Susan HampshireAgnes Wickfield
    • Wendy HillerMrs. Micawber
    • Ron MoodyUriah Heep
    • Laurence OlivierMr. Creakle
    • Robin PhillipsDavid Copperfield
    • Michael RedgraveDan Peggotty

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