Summary
The Pickwick Papers is a British film comedy-drama first released in 1952,
directed by Noel Langley.
The film is based on a novel by Charles Dickens and stars James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick, Joyce Grenfell and Hermione Gingold.
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Credits
- Director: Noel Langley
- Script: Charles Dickens (novel), Noel Langley
- Photo: Wilkie Cooper
- Music: Antony Hopkins
- Cast: James Hayter (Samuel Pickwick), James Donald (Nathaniel Winkle), Nigel Patrick (Mr. Jingle), Joyce Grenfell (Mrs. Leo Hunter), Hermione Gingold (Miss Tompkins), Hermione Baddeley (Mrs. Bardell), Donald Wolfit (Sergeant Buzfuz), Harry Fowler (Sam Weller), Kathleen Harrison (Rachel Wardle), Alexander Gauge (Tracy Tupman), Lionel Murton (Augustus Snodgrass), Diane Hart (Emily Wardle), Joan Heal (Isabella Wardle), William Hartnell (Irate Cabman), Athene Seyler (Miss Witherfield), Sam Costa (Job Trotter), George Robey (Tony Weller), Gerald Campion (Joe, the Fat Boy), Walter Fitzgerald (Mr. Wardle), Mary Merrall (Grandma Wardle), Raymond Lovell (Aide), Cecil Trouncer (Mr. Justice Stareleigh), D.A. Clarke-Smith (Dodson), Noel Willman (Mr. Perker), Max Adrian (Aide), Noel Purcell (Roker), Felix Felton (Dr. Slammer), Alan Wheatley (Fogg), Hattie Jacques (Mrs. Nupkins), Jack McNaughton (Mr. Nupkins), David Hannaford (Mr. Jackson), June Thorburn (Arabella Allen), Barry MacKay (Mr. Snubbins), Joan Benham, Hélène Burls, Pamela Deeming, Raf De La Torre, Jessie Evans (Cook), Helen Goss, Linda Gray, May Hallatt, Arthur Mullard (Onlooker), Dandy Nichols (Lady at Ball), George Rose, William Strange, John Vere
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 109 min; B&W
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Comedy / Drama






