Nicholas Nickleby

United Kingdom, 1947

Film
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Episode of Series “Forever Ealing”.
Features the British film production house Ealing Studios adaptation of the classic tale by Charles Dickens. Stars Derek Bond as Nicholas Nickleby, Sybil Thorndike as Mrs. Squeers, Sir Cedric Hardwicke as the steely hearted uncle and Stanley Holloway as the earthy thespian Vincent Crummels.

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Credits

director

Alberto Cavalcanti

producer

Sir Michael Balcon

production company

Ealing Studios

Duration

01:43:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1947

Appears in

Forever Ealing

Group of items

Forever Ealing

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508245

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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