Little Dorrit
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Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
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Cast
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Derek Jacobi
Arthur Clennam
Known for
Gladiator
Tomb Raider
Joan Greenwood
Mrs. Clennam
Known for
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Man in the White Suit
Max Wall
Flintwinch
Known for
Jabberwocky
Hanover Street
Patricia Hayes
Affery
Known for
The NeverEnding Story
Willow
Luke Duckett
Young Arthur
Also in
Biddy
Alec Guinness
William Dorrit
Known for
Star Wars
Lawrence of Arabia
Cyril Cusack
Frederick Dorrit
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Sarah Pickering
Little Dorrit
Amelda Brown
Fanny Dorrit
Known for
Fleabag
Sister My Sister
Daniel Chatto
Tip Dorrit
Known for
A Christmas Carol
Miriam Margolyes
Flora Finching
Known for
Babe
James and the Giant Peach
Bill Fraser
Mr. Casby
Known for
The Barefoot Contessa
The Americanization of Emily
Christine Edzard Director · Charles Dickens Author Bruno de Keyzer Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1M · United States release March 25, 1988 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,025,228
Production
Sands Films
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 11, 1987
Theatrical
United States · March 25, 1988
Theatrical
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