Hard Times (1995)
Movie Info
The difficult realities of life in Britain during the early Industrial Age are explored in this made-for-television adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens. Thomas Gradgrind (Bob Peck) is a schoolteacher working in Coketown, a grim industrial town in the North of England, who believes that facts are of supreme importance and imagination is folly. Gradgrind imposes his philosophies on his children, arranging for his daughter, Louisa (Beatie Edney), to marry Josiah Bounderby (Alan Bates), a businessman old enough to be her father, who also employs her brother, Tom (Christien Anholt). As Louisa tries to find a way out of her relationship with Bounderby, she finds herself pursued by the even more repellant James Harthouse (Richard E. Grant). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Cast
Richard E. Grant
as James Harthouse
as James Harthouse
Alan Bates
as Josiah Bounderby
as Josiah Bounderby
Harriet Walter
as Rachel
as Rachel
Bill Paterson
as Blackpool
as Blackpool
Alex Jennings
as Bitzer
as Bitzer
Beatie Edney
as Louisa
as Louisa
Christien Anholt
as Tom
as Tom
Dilys Laye
as Mrs. Sparsit
as Mrs. Sparsit
Patsy Byrne
as Old Woman
as Old Woman
Emma Lewis
as Sissy
as Sissy
Bob Peck
as Thomas Gradgrind
as Thomas Gradgrind
Christopher Ettridge
as Miner
as Miner
Peter Bayliss
as Sleary
as Sleary
Timothy Bateson
as Childers
as Childers
Christopher Benjamin
as Slackbridge
as Slackbridge
Fergus Brazier
as Young Kidderminster
as Young Kidderminster
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