British television film about the life of Charles Dickens directed by Ned Sherrin and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jenny Agutter and Arthur Lowe. Hopkins performance as Dickens saw him nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1971.
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Cast

Anthony Hopkins
Charles Dickens

Sybil Thorndike
Elizabeth Ball Dickens

Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Ternan

Joan Greenwood
Maria Beadnell

Stanley Holloway
Mr. Vuffin

Michael Wilding
Dolby

Mona Washbourne
Mrs. Jarley

Gordon Jackson
The Narrator (voice)

Arthur Lowe
John Dickens

Vivian Pickles
Mrs. Dickens

Nora Nicholson
Rosa Emma Drummond

Dandy Nichols
Mrs. Gamp
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