- Actors: Derek Bond, Cedric Hardwicke, Mary Merrall, Sally Ann Howes, Bernard Miles
- Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti
- Writers: Charles Dickens, John Dighton
- Producers: John Croydon, Michael Balcon
- Language English
- Classification: U
- Studio: Warner
- VHS Release Date: 1 Oct 1999
- Run Time: 108 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B00004W4F9
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,531 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Following within a year of David Lean's masterful adaption of 'Great Expectations' it was inevitable that this Dickens adaption would be compared. It was and came up lacking which is a shame because I think it stands quite well on it's own. The casting is superb (especially Cedric Hardwicke as the scheming uncle Ralph) and director Cavalcanti successfully creates an authentic Dickensian mood. The film has been criticised as being too hard to follow as the result of the story being compressed into the 104 minute running time. I think I managed to follow the story alright (although I have never read the book so I am hardly in a position to comment) and was very satisfied with the end result and maybe it's not up there with David Lean's films (Lean's successful adaption of 'Oliver Twist' was released the following year) but I think it's still a worthy adaption of a great story.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A crude portrait!
16 Dec 2004
Charles Dickens was the social surgeon . His eye focuses on the misfortunes of a penniless boy who will fight hard , so hard against a money mad scheming uncle. This familiar portrait , obviously is a reflect of the English social body in those years where the opulence was in the edges .
The proud is the reason to live to many people !
Excellent film and one of the most remarkable movies of the last forties though it lacks the punch of the Great Expectations, to be fair .
This is by far , the best version you can get of this superb social portrait.
The proud is the reason to live to many people !
Excellent film and one of the most remarkable movies of the last forties though it lacks the punch of the Great Expectations, to be fair .
This is by far , the best version you can get of this superb social portrait.
1940s Nicholas Nickleby Film
4 April 2007
Despite one or two sterling performances, anyone wanting Nicholas Nickleby in a permanent form should buy either the 1980s RSC perfromance or the 2001 DVD. The RSC version may be overlong and contain some unnecessary scenes and characters but in David Threlfall's portrayal of Smike it has an all-time great performance. The parts of Nicholas and Kate in this early film are more suited in age than the 1980s version, but Nicholas is not up to James Darcy's toucing portrayal in the 2001 version. Nor does Stanley Holloway's worthy attempt at Crummles compare with the masterly one by Freddie Jones in the 1977 version.
Indeed to have a completely perfect cast in this panoramic story, one needs the luxury of the five available versions.
Indeed to have a completely perfect cast in this panoramic story, one needs the luxury of the five available versions.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
This is a good movie for adults,teens, and mature kids
20 Jun 2000
This is a good movie for adults,teens,and mature kids. Some of the things they do are adult such as, call people bad names(real bad)or harrass people or, in one particular scene, a boy gets beaten most ferociously with a reed cane.It is a sad but good movie and it tell of real things that happened then.I enjoyed it but they talk in old english and really fast so be prepared..
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