DVD/Blu-ray: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (U)

 

Ben Walsh
Friday 18 May 2012 15:14 BST
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Ealing Studios' jaunty 1947 take on Charles Dickens's tale of child abuse, a stolen inheritance and avarice flies by at a fair lick, with three astounding performances from Cedric Hardwicke as the despicable Uncle Ralph, Stanley Holloway as garrulous theatre manager Vincent Crummies and Alfred Drayton as the sadistic Wackford Squeers.

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