Hard Times is a 1915 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Bransby Williams, Leon M. Lion and Dorothy Bellew. It is based on the 1854 novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens.

Cast Bransby Williams as Gradgrind Leon M. Lion as Tom Gradgrind Dorothy Bellew as Louisa Madge Tree as Rachael Mr. Forrest as Stephen Blackpool F. Lymons as Josiah Bounderby Will Corrie as Sleary Clara Cooper as Cissie Jupe J. Wynn Slater as James Harthouse

Bibliography Giddings, Robert & Sheen, Erica. From Page to Screen: Adaptations of the Classic Novel. Manchester University Press, 5 May 2000 Mee, John. The Cambridge Introduction to Charles Dickens. Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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