Plot
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.
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Cast
Peter Ustinov
Grandfather
Alan Barry
Groves
Adam Blackwood
Dick Swiveller
Tom Courtenay
Daniel Quilp
Sally Walsh
Neil Trent
Brian de Salvo
Debtor Gentleman
Christopher Ettridge
Sampson Brass
James Fox
Single Gentleman
Ricci Harnett
Tom
Doreen Keough
Mrs. George
William Mannering
Kit Nubbles
Julia McKenzie
Mrs Jartley
Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy
Mrs. Quilp
Alan Shearman
Short
Timothy Watson
Fred Trent
Anne White
Sally Brass
Gloria Hunniford
Flower Seller
Frank Thornton