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 originally released in two parts.
Derek Jacobi
as Arthur Clennam
Joan Greenwood
as Mrs. Clennam
Max Wall
as Flintwinch
Patricia Hayes
as Affery
Luke Duckett
as Young Arthur
Alec Guinness
as William Dorrit
Cyril Cusack
as Frederick Dorrit
Sarah Pickering
as Little Dorrit
Amelda Brown
as Fanny Dorrit
Daniel Chatto
as Tip Dorrit
Miriam Margolyes
as Flora Finching
Bill Fraser
as Mr. Casby