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Little Dorrit

Year:
Duration:
357 min
Genres:
Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
7.6
Director:
Christine Edzard
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 3 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1988-10-21
Earnings
Gross: $1,025,228 (USA) Filming Dates November 1985 -  August 1986 Related Links
Cast
Actor
Character
Derek Jacobi
Arthur Clennam
Joan Greenwood
Mrs. Clennam
Max Wall
Flintwinch
Patricia Hayes
Affery
Luke Duckett
Young Arthur
Alec Guinness
William Dorrit
Cyril Cusack
Frederick Dorrit
Sarah Pickering
Little Dorrit
Amelda Brown
Fanny Dorrit
Daniel Chatto
Tip Dorrit
Miriam Margolyes
Flora Finching
Bill Fraser
Mr. Casby
Roshan Seth
Mr. Pancks
Mollie Maureen
Mr. F.'s Aunt
Diana Malin
Mr. Casby's Maid
Janice Cramer
Young Flora
Roger Hammond
Mr. Meagles
Sophie Ward
Minnie Meagles
Kathy Staff
Mrs. Tickit
Amanda Bellamy
Housemaid
Tracey Wilkinson
Housemaid
Julia Lang
Henry Gowan's Mother
Pip Torrens
Henry Gowan
Graham Seed
William Barnacle
Beth Ellis
Mrs. Wiliam Barnacle
Ian Gelder
Reverend Samuel Barnacle
Lee Fox
Richard Barnacle
Robert Mill
Hugh Stilstalking
Morwenna Banks
Georgina
Nadia Chambers
Agnes
Dawn Charatan
Mrs. Ismay
Patricia Napier
Dolly
Sophie Brew
Lydia
John Savident
Tite Barnacle
John Harding
Ferdinand Barnacle
Alec Wallis
Discreet Clerk
Michael Mears
Clerk with the Quill
Ken Morley
Mr. Wobbler
John Quarmby
Circumlocution Office Porter
Stuart Burge
Head
Donald Pelmear
Mr. Clive
Arthur Nightingale
Shabby Footman
David Stoll
Hesitant Weighty Gentleman
Donald Bisset
Enthusiastic Weighty Gentleman
Christopher Birch
Cautious Weighty Gentleman
Edward Burnham
Daniel Doyce
Harold Innocent
Mr. Rugg, Legal Advisor
David Pugh
Mr. Parker - A Creditor
Terence Conoley
Mr. Fogg - A Creditor
Richard Henry
Smiles - Foreman
Steve Ismay
Worker
Johnny Irving
Worker
David Doyle
Pepper - An Apprentice
Christopher Whittingham
Mr. Plornish
Ruth Mitchell
Mrs. Plornish
Eric Francis
Old Nandy
Anna Whittingham
Plornish child
Eve Whittingham
Plornish child
Harry Whittingham
Plornish child
Nicholas Whittingham
Plornish child
Kate Williams
Mrs. Greasby
Ronnie Brody
Broke Tenant
Joan Dainty
Broke Tenant's Wife
Susan Field
Mrs. Tiffin
Robert Demeger
Mr. Braddle
Cordelia Ditton
Mrs. Braddle
David Thewlis
George Braddle
Gerald Campion
Mr. Tetterby
Rita Treisman
Mrs. Tetterby
Betty Turner
Mrs. Kidgerbury
Johnnie Clayton
Fiddler (as Johnny Clayton)
Moya Brady
Fiddler's Daughter
John Fahey
2nd Hand Furniture Seller
Joanna Maude
2nd Hand Furniture Seller's Wife
Iris Sadler
Shirtmaker
Joanna Brookes
Shirtmaker's Daughter
Nat Pearn
Mr. Strong
Cyril Epstein
Mr. Strong's Friend
Alan Bungay
Principal Messenger
Howard Goorney
Bob - the Turnkey
Liz Smith
Mrs. Bangham, Midwife
Gwenda Hughes
Mrs. Dorrit
Celia Bannerman
The Milliner
Murray Melvin
Dancing Master
Darlene Johnson
Mrs. Robinson
Bernard Padden
Newcomer
Dermot Crowley
Mr. Simpson
Richard Cubison
Mr. Simpson's Friend
Arthur Blake
Herbert Smangle
John Scott Martin
Faded Insolvent
David Trevena
Tidily Buttoned Man
David Bale
Lucky Skittle Player
Anthony Benson
Unlucky Skittle Player
Ian Lindsay
Captain Martin
Doug Roe
Captain Martin's Friend
Tom McCabe
Rough Fellow
Ramon Martino
Gruff Fellow
Joan Stafford
Rough Lady
Terry Day
Mrs. Hurt
Cate Fowler
Woman at Dance
Siobhan Nicholas
Mrs. Fray
Katherine Best
Lady Visitor
Yvonne D'Alpra
Motherly Lady
Robin Meredith
Ruined Speculator
Marcel Steiner
Whistler
Charles Reynolds
Mr. Timms
Tony Jay
Doctor
Lizzie McKenzie
Drunken Woman
Harry Cross
Little Dorrit - as a Child
Sarrina Caruthers
Little Dorrit - as a Child
Sandra O'Rourke
Fanny - as a Child
Joanna Hurley
Fanny - as a Child
Ricky Cave
Tip - Age 12
Zephyr Steer
John Chivery - Age 4
Sam Steer
John Chivery - Age 8
Robert Putt
Mr. Chivery
Richard Stirling
John Chivery
Pauline Quirke
Maggy - Little Dorrit's Protegee
Heathcote Williams
Dr. Haggage
Charlie Bartle
Mr. Battens
David Foxxe
Mr. Mivvins
James Coyle
Horace Kinch
Maurice Elliot
Snuggery Gambler
Jack Gittings
Old Gambler
John McEnery
Captain Hopkins
Marilyn Milgrom
Mrs. Hopkins
Stewart Permutt
Quarrelling Debtor
John Levitt
Quarrelling Debtor
Marjorie Summerville
Lady By Snuggery (as Marjorie Somerville)
Seymour Green
Tailor
John Warner
Bootmaker
Peter Miles
Mr. Dubbin
Laura Cox
Orange Juggler
John Halstead
Mr. Mortimer
Charles Hunter
Mr. Mortimer's Friend
Richard Graden
Slingo
Richard Clifford
Jerry
Doris Littlewood
Old Wife
Irene Frederick
Mrs. Pitt
Harry Webster
Pickton
Leonard Maguire
Knowledgeable Debtor
Judi Laister
Anxious Wife (as Judy Laister)
Alfred Hoffman
Old Man
Lelia Hoffman
Old Woman
Mike Carnell
Lonely Debtor (as Mike Carnel)
Tommy Shand
Mr. Cain
Imogen Millais-Scott
Mrs. Bee
Olivier Pierre
Hotel Manager
Tim Wright
Hotel Porter
Rosemary Smith
Hotel Maid
Lin Sagovsky
Hotel Maid
Odette Bennett
Fanny's Maid
Tusse Silberg
Lady at Concert (as Tussie Silberg)
Elizabeth Archer
Lady at Concert
Nadine Large
Lady at Concert
Eleanor Bron
Mrs. Merdle
Michael Elphick
Mr. Merdle
Simon Dormandy
Sparkler
Ian Hogg
Butler
Robert Morley
Lord Decimus Barnacle
Alan Bennett
The Bishop
Brenda Bruce
Duchess
Edward Jewesbury
Magnate from the Lords
Jonathan Cecil
Magnate from the Bench
Brian Poyser
Treasury
Malcolm Tierney
Bar
Trevor Ray
Magnate from the City
Rosalie Crutchley
Wife
Betty Marsden
Mrs. Phoebe Barnacle
Paul Rhys
Bright Young Gentleman
Malcolm Mudie
Officer
Barbara Peak
Countess
Ronald Russell
Elderly Gentleman (as Ron Russell)
Arthur Hewlett
Physician
Giles Oldershaw
Imposing Gentleman
John Atkinson
Baron
Sally Ashby
Society Lady
Anthea Holloway
Society Lady
Ruth Sheen
Society Lady
John Tordoff
Waiter in Coffee House
Christopher Hancock
Customer in Coffee House
Jo Warne
Mrs. Chivery, Tobacconist
Fred Beauman
Flower Seller
Alan Foss
Mr. Bead
Michael Eaves
Narrow-Faced Man
Alison Dowling
Pretty Milliner
Chris Darwin
Fraudulent Groom
Leon Davis
Fraudulent Groom
Sidney Johnson
Print Seller
Mark Knox
Print Seller's Clerk
Frank Shelley
Disagreeable Man
Jenny Galloway
Polly
John Dalby
Mr. Jobling
Danny Schiller
Reveller in Slap Bang
Arthur Kelly
Reveller in Slap Bang
David Cardy
3 Thimble Man
Eric Richard
Sir George Wills
Guy Nicholls
Mr. Wabe
David Whitworth
James Simms
Eli Woods
Greedy Eyed Old Man
Charles Simon
Sharp Speculator
Stanley Lloyd
Mr. Worsley
Peter Waddington
Boy at Theatre
Billy Gray
Stage Doorman
Jackie Ekers
Dancer at Theatre
Rebecca Ham
Dancer at Theatre
Fiona McAlpine
Dancer at Theatre (as Fiona MacAlpine)
Amanda Maxwell
Dancer at Theatre
Shona Morris
Dancer at Theatre
Diana Paris
Dancer at Theatre
Cazz Scattergood
Dancer at Theatre
Ian Bartholomew
P.G. Stephens
Susan Jane Tanner
Little Dorrit (as a child)
Jacqueline Ann Finch
Society Lady (uncredited)
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Trivia
The last film role of Joan Greenwood, who portrays "Mrs. Clennam."
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The last film of Bill Fraser, who portrays "Mr. Casby."
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Feature film debut of Richard Clifford, who portrays "Jerry."
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Goofs
Near the end of part 1, Flintwich puts his finger through Arthur's coat's right lapel button hole and pulls him toward the stairs. In the next shot, at the bottom of the stairs, his finger is through a hole in the left lapel.
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Arthur and Minnie are in the garden on an apparently warm day. Yet, you can see visible breath vapor as they talk.
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Photos from cast
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