The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | |
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Directed by | Cavalcanti |
Screenplay by | John Dighton |
Based on | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
Starring | Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Holloway, Alfred Drayton, Cyril Fletcher, Bernard Miles, Derek Bond |
Cinematography | Gordon Dines |
Edited by | Leslie Norman |
Music by | 14th Baron Berners |
Production company | |
Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £146,069[1] |
Box office | £139,314 (UK)[1] |
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (also known simply as Nicholas Nickleby) is a 1947 British drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Cedric Hardwicke, with Derek Bond in the title role. The screenplay by John Dighton is based on the Charles Dickens novel The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1839). This first sound screen adaptation of the book followed silent films released in 1903 and 1912.