David Copperfield
1969A 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.
Acted in
Richard Attenborough
as Mr. Tungay
Cyril Cusack
as Barkis
Edith Evans
as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
Pamela Franklin
as Dora Spenlow
Susan Hampshire
as Agnes Wickfield
Wendy Hiller
as Mrs. Micawber
Ron Moody
as Uriah Heep
Laurence Olivier
as Mr. Creakle
Robin Phillips
as David Copperfield
Michael Redgrave
as Dan Peggotty
Ralph Richardson
as Mr. Micawber
Emlyn Williams
as Mr. Dick
Sinéad Cusack
as Emily
James Donald
as Mr. Murdstone
James Hayter
as Porter
Megs Jenkins
as Clara Peggotty
Anna Massey
as Jane Murdstone
Andrew McCulloch
as Ham Peggotty
Nicholas Pennell
as Thomas Traddles
Corin Redgrave
as James Steerforth
Isobel Black
as Clara Copperfield
Liam Redmond
as Mr. Quinion
Donald Layne-Smith
as Mr. Wickfield
Christopher Moran
as Boy Steerforth
Jeffrey Chandler
as Boy Traddles
Kim Craik
as Child Emily
Helen Cotterill
as Mary Ann
Alastair Mackenzie
as Little David
William Lyon Brown
as Doctor