The Old Curiosity Shop
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- Runtime
- 120 mins
1839. The young Nell Trent is leading a happy life with her grandfather in his curiosity shop. Wharf owner Daniel Quilp has given large amounts of money to Nell's grandfather as an investment, expecting a large profit. But when Quilp finds out the old man has lost all the money with playing cards, he is determined to get the man in a madhouse as revenge. Nell and her grandfather are forced to leave their house and to start traveling across the country. But Quilp isn't sitting still, his spies are everywhere. Meanwhile a stranger is also looking for Nell's grandfather.
1839. The young Nell Trent is leading a happy life with her grandfather in his curiosity shop. Wharf owner Daniel Quilp has given large amounts of money to Nell's grandfather as an investment, expecting a large profit. But when Quilp finds out the old man has lost all the money with playing cards, he is determined to get the man in a madhouse as revenge. Nell and her grandfather are forced to leave their house and to start traveling across the country. But Quilp isn't sitting still, his spies are everywhere. Meanwhile a stranger is also looking for Nell's grandfather.
Cast
- Peter Ustinov
- Alan Barry
- Adam Blackwood
- Tom Courtenay
- Sally Walsh
- Brian de Salvo
- Christopher Ettridge
- James Fox
- Ricci Harnett
- Doreen Keough
- William Mannering
- Julia McKenzie
- Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy
- Alan Shearman
- Timothy Watson
- Anne White
- Gloria Hunniford
- Frank Thornton
Director
- Kevin Connor