Great Expectations

1946 · TMDB 7.3

Directed by David Lean

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.

John Mills Valerie Hobson Tony Wager Jean Simmons Bernard Miles Francis L. Sullivan Finlay Currie Martita Hunt Alec Guinness Ivor Barnard Freda Jackson Eileen Erskine

Director · David Lean Producer · Ronald Neame Writer · Ronald Neame Writer · David Lean Writer · Anthony Havelock-Allan Writer · Kay Walsh Writer · Cecil McGivern Cinematography · Guy Green Composer · Walter Goehr Editor · Jack Harris

Runtime: 118 min
Released: 1946-12-26
Studio: Cineguild
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
TMDB score: 7.3

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