
Little Dorrit
1987 — Drama
About
A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.
Cast

Derek Jacobi
Arthur Clennam

Joan Greenwood
Mrs. Clennam

Max Wall
Flintwinch

Patricia Hayes
Affery

Luke Duckett
Young Arthur

Alec Guinness
William Dorrit

Cyril Cusack
Frederick Dorrit

Sarah Pickering
Little Dorrit

Amelda Brown
Fanny Dorrit
Keywords
woman director
Awards
Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Alec Guinness
Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium