The Pickwick Papers
feature film, 1952.
DIRECTED BY: Noel Langley
CAST:
James Hayter (Samuel Pickwick),
James Donald (Nathaniel Winkle),
Nigel Patrick (gdin. Jingle),
Joyce Grenfell (gđa. Leo Hunter),
Hermione Gingold (gđica. Tompkins)
SCRIPT:
Noel Langley (prema romanu Charlesa Dickensa)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Wilkie Cooper
Synopsis:
Samuel Pickwick is the leader of a social club that studies human behavior. The various members of the club take notes on all the interesting events they experience and travel around the country attempting to learn more about human nature. On their travels, they meet Mr. Jingle, a traveling charlatan and swindler who wins people over with his charm. Thanks to their own (bumbling) lack of grace and skill, the members of the club find themselves in awkward situations, while Samuel is to wind up in debtors prison…
digital, b/w, 109 min