A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames pub.
Acting
Derek Jacobi doing Dickens with zero restraint. Camp legend behavior.
Director
Brendan Foley
Vinnie Jones
Mike Sullivan
Julie Cox
Kate Merrill
Vera Day
Sadie Miller
Magda Rodriguez
Ruth
Derek Jacobi
The Tramp / Charles Dickens
Vanessa Redgrave
Roberta Elliot
Jason Flemyng
Don Roberts CEO
P.H. Moriarty
D.I. Willis / Constable Frederick (as P H Moriarty)
Mel Smith
Professor Cranshaw
Elly Fairman
Veronica Miller
Michael Fenton Stevens
Alistair Forsyth M.P.
Gareth Hunt
Roy McBride
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of only two feature films produced by the UK Film Council's 'Low Budget Film Scheme' in 2007, explaining the 'ambitious script, practical budget' tension throughout.
The real 'Charles Dickens murder mystery' craze peaked in 2002 with 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' adaptations, making this film a very late, very confused entry in a trend that had already died.
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