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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby( 1947)

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Overview

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Cedric Hardwicke

      Ralph Nickleby

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      Stanley Holloway

      Vincent Crummles

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      Derek Bond

      Nicholas Nickleby

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      Mary Merrall

      Mrs. Nickleby

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      Sally Ann Howes

      Kate Nickleby

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      Aubrey Woods

      Smike

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      Jill Balcon

      Madeline Bray

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      Bernard Miles

      Newman Noggs

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      Alfred Drayton

      Wackford Squeers

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      Vera Pearce

      Mrs. Crummles

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      James Hayter

      Ned and Charles Cheeryble

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      Emrys Jones

      Frank Cheeryble

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      Cecil Ramage

      Sir Mulberry Hawk

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      Timothy Bateson

      Lord Verisopht

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      George Relph

      Mr. Bray

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      Frederick Burtwell

      Sheriff Mercury

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      Sybil Thorndike

      Mrs. Squeers

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      Hattie Jacques

      Mrs Kenwick

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      Athene Seyler

      Miss La Creevy

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      Vida Hope

      Fanny Squeers

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      Roy Hermitage

      Wackford Squeers Jnr.

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      Laurence Hanray

      Mr. Gride

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      Arthur Brander

      Mr. Snawley

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      Patricia Hayes

      Phoebe

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      Cyril Fletcher

      Alfred Mantalini

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      Fay Compton

      Mme. Mantalini

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      Cathleen Nesbitt

      Miss Knag

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      Una Bart

      Infant Phenomenon

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      June Elvin

      Miss Snevellicci

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      Drusilla Wills

      Mrs. Grudden

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      Roddy Hughes

      Tim Linkinwater

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      Michael Shepley

      Mr. Gregsbury M. P.

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      Eliot Makeham

      Postman

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Apr 23 2024
    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) w...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • boarding school
    • victorian england
    • smike
    • wackford squeers