The Pickwick Papers (1952)

Directed by

Noel Langley

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of eccentric gentlemen in 19th century England get into comedic misadventures. The film follows their travels and the humorous situations they encounter.

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What happens

The Pickwick Papers is a 1952 British historical comedy drama film written and directed by Noel Langley and starring James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick and Joyce Grenfell. It is based on the Charles Dickens’s 1837 novel of the same name. It was made by Renown Pictures who had successfully released another Dickens adaptation Scrooge the previous year. The film was made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames. Shot in black-and-white, the film's sets were designed by the art director Frederick Pusey with costumes by Beatrice Dawson. It premiered at the Gaumont Cinema at Haymarket in London on 14 November 1952. In 1954, the Soviet Union paid £10,000 for the distribution rights, and it became the first British film to be shown in the Soviet Union after the Second World War, premiering on 29 July 1954 in a number of cities with a dubbed soundtrack. The film was followed a month later by a Russian reprint of Dickens' book, in 150,000 copies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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