About David Copperfield
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.
Full Cast of David Copperfield
Richard Attenborough
plays Mr. Tungay
Cyril Cusack
plays Barkis
Edith Evans
plays Aunt Betsy Trotwood
Pamela Franklin
plays Dora Spenlow
Susan Hampshire
plays Agnes Wickfield
Wendy Hiller
plays Mrs. Micawber
Ron Moody
plays Uriah Heep
Laurence Olivier
plays Mr. Creakle
Robin Phillips
plays David Copperfield
Michael Redgrave
plays Dan Peggotty
Ralph Richardson
plays Mr. Micawber
Emlyn Williams
plays Mr. Dick
Sinéad Cusack
plays Emily
James Donald
plays Mr. Murdstone
James Hayter
plays Porter
Megs Jenkins
plays Clara Peggotty
Anna Massey
plays Jane Murdstone
Andrew McCulloch
plays Ham Peggotty
Nicholas Pennell
plays Thomas Traddles
Corin Redgrave
plays James Steerforth
Isobel Black
plays Clara Copperfield
Liam Redmond
plays Mr. Quinion
Donald Layne-Smith
plays Mr. Wickfield
Christopher Moran
plays Boy Steerforth
Jeffrey Chandler
plays Boy Traddles
Kim Craik
plays Child Emily
Helen Cotterill
plays Mary Ann
Alastair Mackenzie
plays Little David
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