Great Expectations

Great Expectations

7.3 | 1946-12-26 | 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 Crew

David Lean Director
Charles Dickens Novel
David Lean Screenplay
Ronald Neame Screenplay
Anthony Havelock-Allan Screenplay
Kay Walsh Screenplay
Cecil McGivern Screenplay
Anthony Havelock-Allan Executive Producer
Ronald Neame Producer
Walter Goehr Original Music Composer

Cast

Tony Wager
Tony Wager
Young Pip
Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons
Young Estella
Bernard Miles
Bernard Miles
Joe Gargery
Finlay Currie
Finlay Currie
Abel Magwitch
Martita Hunt
Martita Hunt
Miss Havisham
Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
Herbert Pocket
Ivor Barnard
Ivor Barnard
Mr. Wemmick

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