After Nicholas' father dies and leaves the family penniless, the Nickleby family moves to London to stay with their Uncle Ralph. Ralph turns abusive and separates the family, which includes sending ...
Think about it. Have you ever seen a bad movie based on a Dickens novel? Rich in characters, abustle with action, aswarm with heart-stopping coincidences, the great writer’s creations constitute the ...
"NICHOLAS NICKLEBY" is a once-upon-a-public-TV special with English accents, an embarrassment of British stars, almost no visual adventurousness, and Charles Dickens as its daunting source material.