The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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Nineteenth century England. When Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and leaves his family destitute, his uncle, the greedy moneylender, Ralph Nickleby, finds Nicholas a job teaching in a repulsive school in Yorkshire. Nicholas flees the school taking with him one of the persecuted boys, Smike, and they join a troop of actors. Nicholas then has to protect Smike, while trying to stop his Uncle Ralph taking advantage of his sister Kate, and later his sweetheart, Madeline Bray, whose father is in debtors prison. Written by Will Gilbert

This 1947 film is very hard to find, not yet being issued on DVD. The AVI file presented here is of unknown origin, being found on

Cast:

Cedric Hardwicke ... Ralph Nickleby
Stanley Holloway ... Vincent Crummles
Alfred Drayton ... Wackford Squeers
Cyril Fletcher ... Alfred Mantalini
Bernard Miles ... Newman Noggs
Derek Bond ... Nicholas Nickleby
Sally Ann Howes ... Kate Nickleby
Mary Merrall ... Mrs. Nickleby
Sybil Thorndike ... Mrs. Squeers
Vera Pearce ... Mrs. Crummles
Cathleen Nesbitt ... Miss Knag
Athene Seyler ... Miss La Creevy
Cecil Ramage ... Sir Mulberry Hawk
George Relph ... Mr. Bray
Emrys Jones ... Frank Cheeryble