Great Expectations
“From the Vivid Pages of Charles Dickens' Masterpiece!”
1946•NR•1h 58m•7.3•Released
DramaRomance
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.
Director
David Lean
Writer
David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Kay Walsh, Cecil McGivern
Budget
$0M
Revenue
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
Cineguild
Cast
John Mills
Pip
Valerie Hobson
Estella
Tony Wager
Young Pip
Jean Simmons
Young Estella
Bernard Miles
Joe Gargery
Francis L. Sullivan
Mr. Jaggers
Finlay Currie
Abel Magwitch
Martita Hunt
Miss Havisham
Alec Guinness
Herbert Pocket
Ivor Barnard
Mr. Wemmick
Freda Jackson
Mrs. Joe
Eileen Erskine
Biddy
George Hayes
Convict
Hay Petrie
Uncle Pumblechook
John Forrest
The Pale Young Gentleman
Production
Company
Cineguild
Company
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Producer
Ronald Neame
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