Great Expectations
First aired on Dec 26, 1946
Runtime: 118 mins
70%
Genres: Drama, Romance
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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
John Mills | Pip
Valerie Hobson | Estella
Tony Wager | Young Pip
Jean Simmons | Young Estella
Bernard Miles | Joe Gargery
Francis L. Sullivan | Mr. Jaggers
Featured Crew
David Lean | Screenplay
Cecil McGivern | Screenplay
Ronald Neame | Screenplay
Charles Dickens | Novel
David Lean | Director
Anthony Havelock-Allan | Screenplay
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