David Copperfield

Director: Delbert Mann Delbert Mann

Overview

This lackluster 1970 version of Charles Dickens' classic novel, David Copperfield (made as a film twice before) 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.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/15/2025
UPC:	0765464210104
Original Release:	1970
Rating:	NR
Language:	English
Time:	1:56:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Robin Phillips	David Copperfield
Susan Hampshire	Agnes Wickfield
Edith Evans	Aunt Betsy Trotwood
Laurence Olivier	Mr. Creakle
Richard Attenborough	Mr. Tungay
Cyril Cusack	Barkis,Emily
Pamela Franklin	Dora Spenlow
Wendy Hiller	Mrs. Micawber
Ron Moody	Uriah Heep
Michael Redgrave	Mr. Peggotty,Steerforth
Ralph Richardson	Mr. Micawber
Emlyn Williams	Mr. Dick
Isobel Black	Clara Copperfield
James Donald	Mr. Murdstone
James Hayter	Porter
Megs Jenkins	Clara Peggotty
Anna Massey	Jane Murdstone
Nicholas Pennell	Traddles
Liam Redmond	Quinion
Alastair Mackenzie	Little David
Andrew McCulloch	Ham
Donald Layne-Smith	Mr. Wickfield
Helen Cotterill	Mary Ann
Kim Craik	Child Emily
Christopher Moran	Boy Steerforth
Jeffrey Chandler	Boy Traddles
Brian Tipping	Boy
Alison Blair	Girl
Gordon Rollings	Milkman
George Woodbridge	Vicar
William Lyon Brown	Doctor
Christine Ozanne	Midwife
Phoebe Shaw	Prostitute
Robert Lankesheer	Mr. Sharp
Anne Stallybrass	Martha
Malcolm Arnold	Composer

Technical Credits

Jack Pulman

Delbert Mann	Director
Frederick H. Brogger	Producer,Producer
Jack Pulman	Screenwriter