
100 minutes
4/29/1994
Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life with an outstanding cast and brilliant cinematography.

Alan Bates
as Josiah Bounderby

Bob Peck
as Thomas Gradgrind

Richard E. Grant
as James Harthouse

Bill Paterson
as Stephen Blackpool

Beatie Edney
as Louisa Gradgrind

Harriet Walter
as Rachel

Christien Anholt
as Tom
Dilys Laye
as Mrs. Sparsit

Alex Jennings
as Bitzer

Diana Fairfax
as Mrs. Gradgrind
Peter Bayliss
as Sleary

Timothy Bateson
as Childers

Christopher Benjamin
as Slackbridge