 A disreputable barrister finds redemption through the most unlikely of friendships and in the process provides for himself salvation of a kind. Absolutely the finest of all versions of the venerable novel by Charles Dickens, and superb filmmaking on every conceivable level, with the definitive career performance from the great Ronald Colman. There s not a false note sounded among the literally hundreds of supporting performances. Truly one of the finest films of all time, the very definition of the term  film classic,  and an honor to view whether it s the first or the hundred-and-first time you ve seen it.