A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

Cedric Hardwicke
as Ralph Nickleby

Stanley Holloway
as Vincent Crummles

Derek Bond
as Nicholas Nickleby

Mary Merrall
as Mrs. Nickleby

Sally Ann Howes
as Kate Nickleby

Aubrey Woods
as Smike

Jill Balcon
as Madeline Bray

Bernard Miles
as Newman Noggs

Alfred Drayton
as Wackford Squeers

Vera Pearce
as Mrs. Crummles
CinemaSerf
It's not so often that Sir Cedric Hardwicke takes centre stage in a film, but he does it quite menacingly in this adaptation of Charles Dickens's story of greed and belonging. We first meet his "Ralph" when his recently widowed sister-in-law (Mary Merrill) arrives on his doorstep with her children "...
CinemaSerf
It's not so often that Sir Cedric Hardwicke takes centre stage in a film, but he does it quite menacingly in this adaptation of Charles Dickens's story of greed and belonging. We first meet his "Ralph" when his recently widowed sister-in-law (Mary Merrill) arrives on his doorstep with her children "...