A made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens' classic novel, turns Dickens' picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield Robin Phillips as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach, recalling his youth. The characters are all trotted out in choppy flashbacks as David remembers his life as a young orphan, brought to London and passed around from relatives, to guardians, to boarding school.
Richard Attenborough
as Mr. Tungay
Cyril Cusack
as Barkis
Edith Evans
as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
Pamela Franklin
as Dora Spenlow
Susan Hampshire
as Agnes Wickfield
Wendy Hiller
as Mrs. Micawber
Ron Moody
as Uriah Heep
Laurence Olivier
as Mr. Creakle
Robin Phillips
as David Copperfield
Michael Redgrave
as Dan Peggotty
Ralph Richardson
as Mr. Micawber
Emlyn Williams
as Mr. Dick
