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Great Expectations (1946)

Overview

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.
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David Lean profile
David Lean

Director

Kay Walsh profile
Kay Walsh

Screenplay

Cast

John Mills profile
John Mills

Pip

Valerie Hobson profile
Valerie Hobson

Estella

Tony Wager profile
Tony Wager

Young Pip

Jean Simmons profile
Jean Simmons

Young Estella

Bernard Miles profile
Bernard Miles

Joe Gargery

Francis L. Sullivan profile
Francis L. Sullivan

Mr. Jaggers

Finlay Currie profile
Finlay Currie

Abel Magwitch

Martita Hunt profile
Martita Hunt

Miss Havisham

Alec Guinness profile
Alec Guinness

Herbert Pocket

Ivor Barnard profile
Ivor Barnard

Mr. Wemmick

Freda Jackson profile
Freda Jackson

Mrs. Joe

Eileen Erskine profile
Eileen Erskine

Biddy

John Mills profile
John Mills

Pip

Valerie Hobson profile
Valerie Hobson

Estella

Tony Wager profile
Tony Wager

Young Pip

Jean Simmons profile
Jean Simmons

Young Estella

Bernard Miles profile
Bernard Miles

Joe Gargery

Francis L. Sullivan profile
Francis L. Sullivan

Mr. Jaggers

Finlay Currie profile
Finlay Currie

Abel Magwitch

Martita Hunt profile
Martita Hunt

Miss Havisham

Alec Guinness profile
Alec Guinness

Herbert Pocket

Ivor Barnard profile
Ivor Barnard

Mr. Wemmick

Freda Jackson profile
Freda Jackson

Mrs. Joe

Eileen Erskine profile
Eileen Erskine

Biddy

Extra

Release Date

December 26, 1946

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Cineguild logoJ. Arthur Rank Organisation logo

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