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 1143 1.1K

charles dickens boarding school victorian england smike wackford squeers

Plot summary

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

Director

Alberto Cavalcanti Photo
Alberto Cavalcanti

Top cast

Cecil Ramage Photo
Cecil Ramage as Sir Mulberry Hawk
Timothy Bateson Photo
Timothy Bateson as Lord Verisopht
Patricia Hayes Photo
Patricia Hayes as Phoebe
Guy Rolfe Photo
Guy Rolfe as Mr. Folair
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
994.06 MB
1280*952
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds ...
1.8 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by theowinthrop 8 / 10

A Forgotten Filming of a Dickens' novel

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
Read more IMDb reviews

No comments yet

Be the first to leave a comment