Overview
Little Dorrit is a British film first released in 1988,
directed by Christine Edzard.
The film is based on a novel by Charles Dickens and stars Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Max Wall, Patricia Hayes and Luke Duckett.
It has also been released under the title: Little Dorrit 1: Nobody’s Fault.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
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Director: Christine Edzard
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Script: Charles Dickens (novel), Christine Edzard
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Photo: Bruno de Keyzer
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Cast: Derek Jacobi (Arthur Clennam),
Joan Greenwood (Mrs. Clennam),
Max Wall (Flintwinch),
Patricia Hayes (Affery),
Luke Duckett (Young Arthur),
Alec Guinness (William Dorrit),
Cyril Cusack (Frederick Dorrit),
Sarah Pickering (Little Dorrit),
Amelda Brown (Fanny Dorrit),
Daniel Chatto (Tip Dorrit),
Miriam Margolyes (Flora Finching),
Bill Fraser (Mr. Casby),
Roshan Seth (Mr. Pancks),
Mollie Maureen (Mr. F.’s Aunt),
Diana Malin (Mr. Casby’s Maid),
Janice Cramer (Young Flora),
Roger Hammond (Mr. Meagles),
Sophie Ward (Minnie Meagles),
Kathy Staff (Mrs. Tickit),
Amanda Bellamy (Housemaid),
Tracey Wilkinson (Housemaid),
Julia Lang (Henry Gowan’s Mother),
Pip Torrens (Henry Gowan),
Graham Seed (William Barnacle),
Beth Ellis (Mrs. Wiliam Barnacle),
Ian Gelder (Reverend Samuel Barnacle),
Lee Fox (Richard Barnacle),
Robert Mill (Hugh Stilstalking),
Morwenna Banks (Georgina),
Nadia Chambers (Agnes),
Dawn Charatan (Mrs. Ismay),
Patricia Napier (Dolly),
Sophie Brew (Lydia),
John Savident (Tite Barnacle),
Brian Pettifer (Clarence Barnacle),
John Harding (Ferdinand Barnacle),
Alec Wallis (Discreet Clerk),
Michael Mears (Clerk with the Quill),
Ken Morley (Mr. Wobbler),
John Quarmby (Circumlocution Office Porter),
Stuart Burge (Head),
Donald Pelmear (Mr. Clive),
Arthur Nightingale (Shabby Footman),
David Stoll (Hesitant Weighty Gentleman),
Donald Bisset (Enthusiastic Weighty Gentleman),
Christopher Birch (Cautious Weighty Gentleman),
Edward Burnham (Daniel Doyce),
Harold Innocent (Mr. Rugg, Legal Advisor),
David Pugh (Mr. Parker – A Creditor),
Terence Conoley (Mr. Fogg – A Creditor),
Richard Henry (Smiles – Foreman),
Steve Ismay (Worker),
Johnny Irving (Worker),
David Doyle (Pepper – An Apprentice),
Christopher Whittingham (Mr. Plornish),
Ruth Mitchell (Mrs. Plornish),
Eric Francis (Old Nandy),
Anna Whittingham (Plornish child),
Eve Whittingham (Plornish child),
Harry Whittingham (Plornish child),
Nicholas Whittingham (Plornish child),
Kate Williams (Mrs. Greasby),
Ronnie Brody (Broke Tenant),
Joan Dainty (Broke Tenant’s Wife),
Susan Field (Mrs. Tiffin),
Robert Demeger (Mr. Braddle),
Cordelia Ditton (Mrs. Braddle),
David Thewlis (George Braddle),
Gerald Campion (Mr. Tetterby),
Rita Treisman (Mrs. Tetterby),
Betty Turner (Mrs. Kidgerbury),
Johnnie Clayton (Fiddler),
Moya Brady (Fiddler’s Daughter),
John Fahey (2nd Hand Furniture Seller),
Joanna Maude (2nd Hand Furniture Seller’s Wife),
Iris Sadler (Shirtmaker),
Joanna Brookes (Shirtmaker’s Daughter),
Nat Pearn (Mr. Strong),
Cyril Epstein (Mr. Strong’s Friend),
Alan Bungay (Principal Messenger),
Mark Arnold (Boy),
Howard Goorney (Bob – the Turnkey),
Liz Smith (Mrs. Bangham, Midwife),
Gwenda Hughes (Mrs. Dorrit),
Celia Bannerman (The Milliner),
Murray Melvin (Dancing Master),
Darlene Johnson (Mrs. Robinson),
Bernard Padden (Newcomer),
Dermot Crowley (Mr. Simpson),
Richard Cubison (Mr. Simpson’s Friend),
Arthur Blake (Herbert Smangle),
John Scott Martin (Faded Insolvent),
David Trevena (Tidily Buttoned Man),
David Bale (Lucky Skittle Player),
Anthony Benson (Unlucky Skittle Player),
Ian Lindsay (Captain Martin),
Doug Roe (Captain Martin’s Friend),
Tom McCabe (Rough Fellow),
Ramon Martino (Gruff Fellow),
Joan Stafford (Rough Lady),
Terry Day (Mrs. Hurt),
Cate Fowler (Woman at Dance),
Siobhan Nicholas (Mrs. Fray),
Katherine Best (Lady Visitor),
Yvonne D’Alpra (Motherly Lady),
Robin Meredith (Ruined Speculator),
Marcel Steiner (Whistler),
Charles Reynolds (Mr. Timms),
Tony Jay (Doctor),
Lizzie McKenzie (Drunken Woman),
Harry Cross (Little Dorrit – as a Child),
Sarrina Caruthers (Little Dorrit – as a Child),
Susan Jane Tanner (Little Dorrit – as a Child),
Sandra O’Rourke (Fanny – as a Child),
Joanna Hurley (Fanny – as a Child),
Ricky Cave (Tip – Age 12),
Zephyr Steer (John Chivery – Age 4),
Sam Steer (John Chivery – Age 8),
Robert Putt (Mr. Chivery),
Richard Stirling (John Chivery),
Pauline Quirke (Maggy – Little Dorrit’s Protegee),
Heathcote Williams (Dr. Haggage),
Charlie Bartle (Mr. Battens),
David Foxxe (Mr. Mivvins),
James Coyle (Horace Kinch),
Maurice Elliot (Snuggery Gambler),
Jack Gittings (Old Gambler),
John McEnery (Captain Hopkins),
Marilyn Milgrom (Mrs. Hopkins),
Stewart Permutt (Quarrelling Debtor),
John Levitt (Quarrelling Debtor),
Marjorie Summerville (Lady By Snuggery),
Seymour Green (Tailor),
John Warner (Bootmaker),
Peter Miles (Mr. Dubbin),
Laura Cox (Orange Juggler),
John Halstead (Mr. Mortimer),
Charles Hunter (Mr. Mortimer’s Friend),
Richard Graden (Slingo),
Richard Clifford (Jerry),
Doris Littlewood (Old Wife),
Irene Frederick (Mrs. Pitt),
Harry Webster (Pickton),
Leonard Maguire (Knowledgeable Debtor),
Judi Laister (Anxious Wife),
Alfred Hoffman (Old Man),
Lelia Hoffman (Old Woman),
Mike Carnell (Lonely Debtor),
Tommy Shand (Mr. Cain),
Imogen Millais-Scott (Mrs. Bee),
Olivier Pierre (Hotel Manager),
Tim Wright (Hotel Porter),
Rosemary Smith (Hotel Maid),
Lin Sagovsky (Hotel Maid),
Odette Bennett (Fanny’s Maid),
Tusse Silberg (Lady at Concert),
Elizabeth Archer (Lady at Concert),
Nadine Large (Lady at Concert),
Eleanor Bron (Mrs. Merdle),
Michael Elphick (Mr. Merdle),
Simon Dormandy (Sparkler),
Ian Hogg (Butler),
Robert Morley (Lord Decimus Barnacle),
Alan Bennett (The Bishop),
Brenda Bruce (Duchess),
Edward Jewesbury (Magnate from the Lords),
Jonathan Cecil (Magnate from the Bench),
Brian Poyser (Treasury),
Malcolm Tierney (Bar),
Trevor Ray (Magnate from the City),
Rosalie Crutchley (Wife),
Betty Marsden (Mrs. Phoebe Barnacle),
Paul Rhys (Bright Young Gentleman),
Malcolm Mudie (Officer),
Barbara Peak (Countess),
Ronald Russell (Elderly Gentleman),
Arthur Hewlett (Physician),
Giles Oldershaw (Imposing Gentleman),
John Atkinson (Baron),
Sally Ashby (Society Lady),
Anthea Holloway (Society Lady),
Ruth Sheen (Society Lady),
John Tordoff (Waiter in Coffee House),
Christopher Hancock (Customer in Coffee House),
Jo Warne (Mrs. Chivery, Tobacconist),
Fred Beauman (Flower Seller),
Alan Foss (Mr. Bead),
Michael Eaves (Narrow-Faced Man),
Alison Dowling (Pretty Milliner),
Chris Darwin (Fraudulent Groom),
Leon Davis (Fraudulent Groom),
Sidney Johnson (Print Seller),
Mark Knox (Print Seller’s Clerk),
Frank Shelley (Disagreeable Man),
Jenny Galloway (Polly),
John Dalby (Mr. Jobling),
Danny Schiller (Reveller in Slap Bang),
Arthur Kelly (Reveller in Slap Bang),
David Cardy (3 Thimble Man),
Eric Richard (Sir George Wills)
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Country: UK
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Language: English
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Runtime: 357 min
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Aka: Little Dorrit 1: Nobody’s Fault; Little Dorrit 2: Little Dorrit’s Story; Little Dorrit’s Story; Nobody’s Fault
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