Charles Dickens

Anthony Hopkins

Acting

The Narrator (voice)

Gordon Jackson

Acting

John Dickens

Arthur Lowe

Acting

Mrs. Dickens

Vivian Pickles

Acting

Elizabeth Ball Dickens

Sybil Thorndike

Acting

Rosa Emma Drummond

Nora Nicholson

Acting

Mr. Vuffin

Stanley Holloway

Acting

Mrs. Jarley

Mona Washbourne

Acting

Mrs. Gamp

Dandy Nichols

Acting

William Shaw

Freddie Jones

Acting

Macready

Patrick Cargill

Acting

Maria Beadnell

Joan Greenwood

Acting

Mrs. Ternan

Gladys Cooper

Acting

Dolby

Michael Wilding

Acting

Young Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan

Jenny Agutter

Acting

Mrs. Roylance/Mrs. Hogarth/Mrs. Prigg/Lady Holland

Dorothy Reynolds

Acting

Mr. Ellis

Ken Wynne

Acting

Codlin/Mould/Ramsay

Gordon Rollings

Acting

Lammert/Whitmore/John Black

Jeffry Wickham

Acting

Kate Dickens (as Jocelyn Birdsall)

Jocelyn Britton

Acting

Georgina Hogarth

Rhoda Lewis

Acting

Smike

Gregory Phillips

Acting

Charles Dickens (as a child)

Roland Pickering

Acting