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Great Expectations

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DramaRomance
7.3/10(332 ratings)

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

12-26-1946
1h 58m
Great Expectations
Backdrop for Great Expectations

Main Cast

John Mills

John Mills

Pip

Valerie Hobson

Valerie Hobson

Estella

Young Pip

Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

Young Estella

Bernard Miles

Bernard Miles

Joe Gargery

Mr. Jaggers

Finlay Currie

Finlay Currie

Abel Magwitch

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
David Lean
Production:
Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Key Crew

Director:
David Lean
Novel:
Charles Dickens
Screenplay:
David Lean
Screenplay:
Ronald Neame
Screenplay:
Anthony Havelock-Allan

Locations and Languages

Country:
GB
Filming:
GB
Languages:
en