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The Old Curiosity Shop
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
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A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Ralph Neale, Margaret Kennedy
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Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:Associated British Picture Corporation, British International Pictures
Cast
Thomas Bentley
Director
Elaine Benson
Nell Trent
Ben Webster
Grandfather Trent
Hay Petrie
Quilp
Beatrix Thomson
Quilp's Wife
Gibb McLaughlin
Sampson Brass
Lily Long
Sally Brass
Reginald Purdell
Dick Swiveller
Polly Ward
The Marchioness
James Harcourt
The Single Gentleman
J. Fisher White
The Schoolmaster
Dick Tubb
Tommy Codlin
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