The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)

  • NR
  • 12/14/1934 (GB)
  • Drama
  • 1h 45m

Overview

An elderly shop-keeper and his grand-daughter are threatened by the rich, mean-spirited dwarf Quilp, and decide to flee across England to escape him. They are pursued both by Quilp and by the shop-keeper's long-lost brother, who wants to find them for a different reason.

Thomas Bentley

Director

Ralph Neale

Screenplay

Margaret Kennedy

Screenplay

Charles Dickens

Novel

Cast

Elaine Benson's headshot

Elaine Benson

Nell Trent
Ben Webster's headshot

Ben Webster

Grandfather Trent
Hay Petrie's headshot

Hay Petrie

Quilp
Beatrix Thomson's headshot

Beatrix Thomson

Quilp's Wife
Gibb McLaughlin's headshot

Gibb McLaughlin

Sampson Brass
Lily Long's headshot

Lily Long

Sally Brass
Reginald Purdell's headshot

Reginald Purdell

Dick Swiveller
Polly Ward's headshot

Polly Ward

The Marchioness

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