Bleak House [1985 TV mini series]
by Ross Devenish (Director), Arthur Hopcraft (Screenwriter)
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"At the court of Chancery, the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case grinds on for years with no end in sight. Entangled in the lawsuit are a growing number of innocent victims: Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a child with mysterious parentage; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. As the case staggers onward, yet more people become embroiled in the furious legal battle, including the proud Lady Dedlock, who show more finds herself persecuted by the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, then hunted by the determined Inspector Bucket, one of the first detectives to appear in English literature. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core [...]"--Container. show lessTags
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- Bleak House [1985 TV mini series]
- Related movies
- Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985 | IMDb)
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- This a videorecording of the 1985 television series. Please do not combine with the novel.
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