George Minter

Minter had trained and qualified as an accountant - a skill which undoubtedly helped him progress in his career - during the years of World War Two (1939-1945) he worked in different capacities (very often uncredited) on the production of more and more movies.

The film starred Alastair Sim and many other stalwarts of the British stage and screen community and is proudly "Presented by George Minter".

This time, the project was to boil down the appealing but rambling novel "The Pickwick Papers" - which had originally appeared in print as a serial in a magazine over 100 years previously.

Director and screen writer Noel Langley in collaboration with Minter made the inspired casting choice of choosing British character actor James Hayter (actor) as Mr Samuel Pickwick and assembling an excellent supporting cast.

This makes the film one of Minter's most enduring achievements and along with "Scrooge" it remains - anecdotally - a Christmas seasonal favourite in many British households.