The Mudlark

It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...

Cast

Irene Dunne

as Queen Victoria

Alec Guinness

as Benjamin Disraeli

Andrew Ray

as Wheeler, the mudlark

Beatrice Campbell

as Lady Emily Prior

Finlay Currie

as John Brown

Constance Smith

as Kate Noonan

Anthony Steel

as Lieutenant Charles McHatten

Raymond Lovell

as Sergeant Footman Naseby

Marjorie Fielding

as Lady Margaret Prior

Nicholas Amer

as Servant

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This is a slightly stiff rendition of an old story about a young scavenger who makes his living from the debris found by the river Thames in London. One day he happens upon a portrait of Queen Victoria and sets off to Windsor Castle (no small distance) to try and meet his Sovereign. Meantime the Que...

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