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Adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel starring Charlie Hunnam. Nicholas Nickleby and his family enjoy a comfortable life, until his father dies and the family is left penniless. Show more

Contributors

Nicholas Nickleby:
Charlie Hunnam
Wackford Squeers:
Jim Broadbent
Kate Nickleby:
Romola Garai
Newman Noggs:
Tom Courtenay
Ralph Nickleby:
Christopher Plummer
Madeline Bray:
Anne Hathaway
Mrs Squeers:
Juliet Stevenson
Sir Mulberry Hawk:
Edward Fox
Vincent Crummles:
Nathan Lane
Mrs Crummles / Mr Leadville:
Barry Humphries
Mr Folair:
Alan Cumming
Charles Cheeryble:
Timothy Spall

Period drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens, starring Jamie Bell and Charlie Hunnam. When their father dies, the destitute Nickleby family is split up by the evil Uncle Ralph. Nicholas is sent to work at a boys' school in the north of England that's run by the sadistic Mr Squeers. He befriends the disabled and mistreated Smike, and they decide to run away so Nicholas can reunite his family. Review page 73. Director Douglas McGrath (2002, PG)

Contributors

Novel By:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Jamie Bell
Unknown:
Charlie Hunnam.
Unknown:
Mr Squeers.
Director:
Douglas McGrath
Nicholas Nickleby:
Charlie Hunnam
Ralph Nickleby:
Christopher Plummer
Smike:
Jamie Bell
Wackford Squeers:
Jim Broadbent
Newman Noggs:
Tom Courtenay
Sir Mulberry Hawk:
Edward Fox
Mrs Squeers:
Juliet Stevenson
Vincent Crummies:
Nathan Lane
Mrs Crummies:
Dame Edna Everage
Charles Cheeryble:
Timothy Spall
Mr Folair:
Alan Cumming
Kate Nickleby:
Romola Garai
Madeline Bray:
Anne Hathaway
Ned Cheeryble:
Gerard Horan
John Browdie:
Kevin McKidd
Lord Verisopht:
Nicholas Rowe
MissLacreevy:
Sophie Thompson
Mrs Nickleby:
Stella Gonet
Fanny Squeers:
Heather Goldenhersh

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