David Copperfield

Plot

Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.

  • George Cukor

    Director

  • Charles Dickens

    Novel

  • Howard Estabrook

    Screenplay

  • Hugh Walpole

    Adaptation

  • Oliver T. Marsh

    Director of Photography

  • Robert Kern

    Editor

  • Freddie Bartholomew

    David Copperfield as a Boy

  • Frank Lawton

    David Copperfield as a Man

  • Edna May Oliver

    Aunt Betsey Trotwood

  • Jessie Ralph

    Clara Peggotty

  • Madge Evans

    Agnes Wickfield as a Woman

  • Maureen O'Sullivan

    Dora Spenlow

  • Elizabeth Allan

    Clara Copperfield

  • Harry Beresford

    Dr. Chillip

  • Hugh Walpole

    The Vicar

  • Basil Rathbone

    Mr. Edward Murdstone

  • Herbert Mundin

    Barkis

  • John Buckler

    Ham Peggotty

  • Fay Chaldecott

    Little Em'ly as a Girl

  • Una O'Connor

    Mrs. Gummidge

  • Lionel Barrymore

    Dan Peggotty

  • Violet Kemble Cooper

    Jane Murdstone

  • Elsa Lanchester

    Clickett

  • W.C. Fields

    Wilkins Micawber

  • Jean Cadell

    Emma Micawber

  • Lennox Pawle

    Mr. Dick

  • Renee Gadd

    Janet

  • Roland Young

    Uriah Heep

  • Lewis Stone

    Mr. Wickfield

  • Marilyn Knowlden

    Agnes Wickfield as a Girl

  • Hugh Williams

    James Steerforth

  • Florine McKinney

    Little Em'ly as a Woman

  • Ivan F. Simpson

    Littimer

  • Mabel Colcord

    Mary Ann

  • Lionel Belmore

    Old Bailey Warden (uncredited)

  • E. E. Clive

    Sheriff's Man (uncredited)

  • Arthur Treacher

    Donkey Man (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    130 minutes

    Released

    1935-01-18

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Sound

  • Herbert Stothart

    Music

  • Updated

    1044 days ago

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