Great Expectations

1946, Drama, 1h 58m

29 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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Furnished with striking visual detail and told with great narrative economy by director David Lean, Great Expectations is an exemplary adaptation of Charles Dickens' dense and episodic novel. Read critic reviews

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In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip (John Mills) discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers (Francis L. Sullivan) that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt), and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella (Valerie Hobson), 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.

Cast & Crew

John Mills
Pip
Valerie Hobson
Estella
Bernard Miles
Joe Gargery
Francis L. Sullivan
Mr. Jaggers
Finlay Currie
Abel Magwitch
Martita Hunt
Miss Havisham
Tony Wager
Young Pip
Jean Simmons
Estella
Alec Guinness
Herbert Pocket
Ivor Barnard
Mr. Wemmick
Freda Jackson
Mrs. Joe Gargery
Torin Thatcher
Bentley Drummle
Eileen Erskine
Biddy
Hay Petrie
Uncle Pumblechook
David Lean
Director
David Lean
Screenwriter
Ronald Neame
Screenwriter
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Screenwriter
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Producer
Ronald Neame
Producer
Guy Green
Cinematographer
Jack Harris
Editor
Walter Goehr
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