Dombey and Son (1969)
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 1 episode
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A wealthy businessman focuses all his hopes on his son to inherit his shipping company. After the boy and his wife die, he ignores his daughter until he is near death himself.
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What happens
Dombey and Son is a 1969 British TV drama serial directed by Joan Craft based on the 1848 novel by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of a wealthy shipping business owner who, after the death of his wife and only son intended to take over the business, neglects his daughter, only to reconcile with her shortly before his own death. The series survived the BBC's wiping policy and was released to DVD in 2017 by Simply Media. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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