The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

1947

Action / Drama

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 58% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 1088 1.1K

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Plot summary

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

Top cast

Guy Rolfe as Mr. Folair
Stanley Holloway as Vincent Crummles
Andrew Sachs as Schoolboy
Cedric Hardwicke as Ralph Nickleby
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994.06 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
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1.8 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by theowinthrop 8 / 10

A Forgotten Filming of a Dickens' novel

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Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 8 / 10

Very good, one of the better adaptations of the book

Personally, there are only two that are better, the 1982 production with Alun Armstrong as Squeers and the 2002 James D'Arcy version, with the weakest being the 2002 feature film with Jim Broadbent and Christopher Plummer, the 2002 film was quite good in my view. But from personal perspective, none of them are bad. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby(1947) has problems; an intrusive music score, Derek Bond's wooden Nicholas, Sally Ann Howes' over-simpering Kate and Mary Merrall playing Mrs Nickleby as too much of a silly caricature. The film is beautifully and expressively photographed and has an evocatively atmospheric setting. Alberto Cavalcanti does direct gracefully for one who is more of a surrealist director, while the dialogue is crisp and intelligent and the story draws you right in with little filler and delivers the narrative right to the point. Three performances may not have worked, but the others do. Coming off best is Cedric Hardwicke, by far and large the most evil of the Ralph Nicklebys of all the adaptations, truly diabolical. Alfred Drayton is loathsome and funny as Squeers, while Bernard Miles' Newman is appealing, Stanley Holloway is a sharp Crummles and the Smike of Aubrey Woods is very affecting. In conclusion, one of the better adaptations of the book and does a very good job on its own. 8/10 Bethany Cox

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