Anthony Hopkins
Charles Dickens
Acting
Gordon Jackson
The Narrator (voice)
Acting
Arthur Lowe
John Dickens
Acting
Vivian Pickles
Mrs. Dickens
Acting
Sybil Thorndike
Elizabeth Ball Dickens
Acting
Nora Nicholson
Rosa Emma Drummond
Acting
Stanley Holloway
Mr. Vuffin
Acting
Mona Washbourne
Mrs. Jarley
Acting
Dandy Nichols
Mrs. Gamp
Acting
Freddie Jones
William Shaw
Acting
Patrick Cargill
Macready
Acting
Joan Greenwood
Maria Beadnell
Acting
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Ternan
Acting
Michael Wilding
Dolby
Acting
Jenny Agutter
Young Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan
Acting
Dorothy Reynolds
Mrs. Roylance/Mrs. Hogarth/Mrs. Prigg/Lady Holland
Acting
Ken Wynne
Mr. Ellis
Acting
Gordon Rollings
Codlin/Mould/Ramsay
Acting
Jeffry Wickham
Lammert/Whitmore/John Black
Acting
Jocelyn Britton
Kate Dickens (as Jocelyn Birdsall)
Acting
Rhoda Lewis
Georgina Hogarth
Acting
Gregory Phillips
Smike
Acting
Roland Pickering
Charles Dickens (as a child)
Acting