The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1946)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Hattie Jacques

    • Ralph Nickleby

      Cedric Hardwicke

    • Vincent Crummles

      Stanley Holloway

    • Wackford Squeers

      Alfred Drayton

    • Mr Alfred Mantalini

      Cyril Fletcher

    • Newman Noggs

      Bernard Miles

    • Nicholas Nickleby

      Derek Bond

    • Kate Nickleby

      Sally Ann Howes

    • Mrs Nickleby

      Mary Merrall

    • Mrs Squeers

      Sybil Thorndike

    • Mrs Crummles

      Vera Pearce

    • Miss Knag

      Cathleen Nesbitt

    • Miss La Creevy

      Athene Seyler

    • Sir Mulberry Hawk

      Cecil Ramage

    • Mr Bray

      George Relph

    • Frank Cheeryble

      Emrys Jones

    • Madame Mantalini

      Fay Compton

    • Madeline Bray

      Jill Balcon

    • Fanny Squeers

      Vida Hope

    • Smike

      Aubrey Woods

    • Wackford Squeers Jnr.

      Roy Hermitage

    • Phoebe

      Patricia Hayes

    • infant phenomenon

      Una Bart

    • Miss Snevellici

      June Elvin

    • Mrs Grudden

      Drusilla Wills

    • Ned Cheeryble/Charles Cheeryble

      James Hayter

    • Tim Linkinwater

      Roddy Hughes

    • Mr Gregsbury MP

      Michael Shepley

    • Lord Verisopht

      Timothy Bateson

    • Mr Gride

      Lawrence Hanray

    • Sheriffs Mercury

      Frederick Burtwell

    • Mr Lillyrick

      John Salew

    • Mr Snowley

      Arthur Brander

    • postman

      Eliot Makeham

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Alberto Cavalcanti

    Rights:

    • ©

      Ealing Studios

    Production:

    • an Ealing Studios production

      Ealing Studios

    • The Rank Organisation

    • Released through

      General Film Distributors

    • Produced by

      Michael Balcon

    • John Croydon

    • Hal Mason

    • Unit Manager

      Jack Rix

    • Produced at

      Ealing Studios

    Writing:

    • Screenplay by

      John Dighton

    • [Based on the novel] By

      Charles Dickens

    Photography:

    • Gordon Dines

    • Jack Parker

    Special Effects:

    • Effects

      Lionel Banes

    • Effects

      Cliff Richardson

    Editing:

    • Leslie Norman

    Design:

    • Michael Relph

    Costumes:

    • Wardrobe Supervisor

      Marion Horn

    Make-up:

    • Ernest Taylor

    • Hair Styles by

      Barbara Barnard

    Music:

    • Music Composed by

      Berners

    • Music Played by

      The Philharmonia Orchestra

    • [The Philharmonia Orchestra] Conducted by

      Ernest Irving

    Sound:

    • Sound Supervisor

      Eric Williams

    • [Sound] Recordist

      Stephen Dalby

    • Sound System

      RCA

    Consultant:

    • Period Consultant

      J.A.E. Kitchen