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{{Infobox film
| name = The Pickwick Papers
| image = The Pickwick Papers 1952 poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Original British 1952 [[Film poster#Film poster sizes|quad film poster]]
| director = [[Noel Langley]]
| producer = George Minter [[Noel Langley]]
| screenplay = [[Noel Langley]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[The Pickwick Papers]]''|[[Charles Dickens]]}}
| starring = [[James Hayter (actor)|James Hayter]] [[James Donald]] [[Nigel Patrick]] [[Joyce Grenfell]] [[Hermione Baddeley]] [[Hermione Gingold]]
| music = [[Antony Hopkins]]
| cinematography = [[Wilkie Cooper]]
| editing = [[Anne V. Coates]]
| studio = [[Renown Pictures]]<ref name=BFI>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713181813/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b30ab31 BFI: ''The Pickwick Papers''] Linked 2013-12-06</ref>
| distributor = Renown Pictures<ref name=bbfc>[http://www.bbfc.co.uk/search/releases/any/any/any/any/any/0/any/any/aff024347/any/any/any/any?advanced=true BBFC: ''The Pickwick Papers (1952)''] Linked 2013-12-06</ref> {{small|(UK)}}
| released = {{film date|df=y|1952|11|14|UK<ref name=TimesReview>The Times, 13 November 1952, page 2, film review – "Dickens on Screen": "''The Pickwick Papers'' goes into the programme at the Gaumont Cinema to-morrow." – Found in The Times Digital Archive 2013-12-06</ref>}}
| runtime = 115 minutes<ref name=bbfc/>
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
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'''''The Pickwick Papers''''' is a 1952 British [[historical film|historical]] [[comedy film|comedy]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Noel Langley]] and starring [[James Hayter (actor)|James Hayter]], [[James Donald]], [[Nigel Patrick]] and [[Joyce Grenfell]]. It is based on the [[Charles Dickens]]’s [[The Pickwick Papers|1837 novel of the same name]]. It was made by [[Renown Pictures]] who had successfully released another Dickens adapation ''[[Scrooge (1951 film)|Scrooge]]'' the previous year.

The film was made at the [[Walton Studios|Nettlefold Studios]] in [[Walton-on-Thames]]. Shot in [[black-and-white]], the film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Fred Pusey|Frederick Pusey]] with [[costume designer|costumes]] by [[Beatrice Dawson]]. It premiered at the [[Gaumont Haymarket|Gaumont Cinema]] at [[Haymarket, London|Haymarket]] in London on 14 November 1952.<ref name=TimesReview/> In 1954, the [[Soviet Union]] paid £10,000 for the distribution rights, and it became the first British film to be shown in the Soviet Union after the [[Second World War]], premiering on 29 July 1954 in a number of cities with a dubbed soundtrack.<ref>The Times, 30 July 1954, page 11: ''Dickens Film In Russia '' – Found in The Times Digital Archive 2013-12-06</ref> The film was followed a month later by a Russian reprint of Dickens' book, in 150,000 copies.<ref>The Times, 14 August 1954, page 3, Telegrams in Brief: ''A new edition of 150,000 copies of 'Pickwick Papers' has been published in Russia, Moscow Radio reports.'' – Found in The Times Digital Archive 2013-12-06</ref>

==Cast==
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*[[James Hayter (actor)|James Hayter]] as [[Samuel Pickwick]]
*[[James Donald]] as [[Nathaniel Winkle]]
*[[Nigel Patrick]] as [[Alfred Jingle]]
*[[Joyce Grenfell]] as Mrs. Leo Hunter
*[[Hermione Gingold]] as Miss Tompkins
*[[Hermione Baddeley]] as [[Mrs Bardell (Pickwick Papers)|Mrs. Bardell]]
*[[Donald Wolfit]] as Sergeant Buzfuz
*[[Harry Fowler]] as [[Sam Weller (character)|Sam Weller]]
*[[Kathleen Harrison]] as Rachel Wardle
*[[Alexander Gauge]] as [[Tracy Tupman]]
*[[Lionel Murton]] as [[Augustus Snodgrass]]
*[[Diane Hart]] as Emily Wardle
*Joan Heal as Isabella Wardle
*[[William Hartnell]] as Irate Cabman
*[[Athene Seyler]] as Miss Witherfield
*[[Walter Fitzgerald]] as Mr. Wardle
*[[Mary Merrall]] as Grandma Wardle
*[[Cecil Trouncer]] as Mr. Justice Stareleigh
*[[Felix Felton]] as Dr. Slammer
*[[Hattie Jacques]] as Mrs Nupkins
*[[Sam Costa]] as Job Trotter
*[[Noel Purcell (actor)|Noel Purcell]] as Roker
*[[Raymond Lovell]] as Aide
*[[George Robey]] as [[Tony Weller]]
*[[Max Adrian]] as Aide
*[[Alan Wheatley]] as Fogg
*[[D. A. Clarke-Smith]] as Dodson
*Jack MacNaughton as Mr. Nupkins
*David Hannaford as Boy
*[[Gerald Campion]] as Joe, the Fat Boy
*[[June Thorburn]] as Arabella Allen
*[[Barry MacKay (actor)|Barry MacKay]] as Mr. Snubbins
* [[Joan Benham]] as Miss Tompkins' Companion
* [[Graeme Harper]] as Master Bardell
* [[Arthur Mullard]] as Onlooker
* [[Cyril Smith (actor)|Cyril Smith]] as Ostler
{{div col end}}

==Awards and nominations==
*[[James Hayter (actor)|James Hayter]] was nominated for the [[BAFTA]] Best British Actor award in 1953 for his portrayal of Samuel Pickwick.
*''The Pickwick Papers'' was awarded a [[Golden Bear]] in Berlin in 1954<ref>Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent. ''British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference'', page 163, Oxford University Press, 2007</ref>
*In 1956, [[Beatrice Dawson]] was nominated for an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for the film's costumes.

==Critical reception==
[[Leonard Maltin]] gave the film three out of four stars, calling it a "Flavorful adaptation of Dickens' classic";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86663/Pickwick-Papers-The/|title=Pickwick Papers, The (1954) - Overview - TCM.com|publisher=}}</ref> and ''[[TV Guide]]'' rated it three out of five stars, writing, "If ever a Dickens novel shouted to be filmed, it was The Pickwick Papers, and a jolly good job was done with this version...It's a very funny film with some of England's best light comedians and comediennes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-pickwick-papers/review/109195/|title=The Pickwick Papers|publisher=}}</ref>

==Colourised version==
In 2012, a digitally restored and [[Film colourisation|colourised version]] of the film was released on DVD, causing a renewed debate in the UK about colourisation of old black-and-white classics.<ref>[http://www.moviemail.com/blog/vintage-british-cinema/1058-The-Colourisation-Debate-Not-All-Black-and-White/ MovieMail, 15 November 2012: ''The Colourisation Debate – Not All Black and White''] Linked 2013-12-06</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent. ''British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference''. Oxford University Press, 2007.

==External links==
* {{BFI Explore|4ce2b6b30ab31|The Pickwick Papers}}
* {{Screenonline title|473285}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0045030|title=The Pickwick Papers}}

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