A made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens' classic novel, turns Dickens' picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield Robin Phillips as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach, recalling his youth. The characters are all trotted out in choppy flashbacks as David remembers his life as a young orphan, brought to London and passed around from relatives, to guardians, to boarding school.
Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cyril Cusack, Edith Evans, Pamela Franklin, Susan Hampshire, Wendy Hiller
Crew: Delbert Mann (Director), Malcolm Arnold (Music), Frederick Brogger (Producer), Jack Pulman (Screenplay), Charles Dickens (Novel), Peter Boita (Editor)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Runtime: 118 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Dec 01, 1969
IMDb: 5.6
