The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947 film)

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Original UK 1947 quad format poster
Directed byCavalcanti
Screenplay byJohn Dighton
Based onThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens
Produced byMichael Balcon
StarringCedric Hardwicke, Stanley Holloway, Alfred Drayton, Cyril Fletcher, Bernard Miles, Derek Bond
CinematographyGordon Dines
Edited byLeslie Norman
Music by14th Baron Berners
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 12 March 1947 (1947-03-12) (UK)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 355. Gross is distributor's gross receipts.