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Great Expectations
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

From the Vivid Pages of Charles Dickens' Masterpiece!

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DramaRomance

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

118 mins

Rating

7.273/10

Release Date

26 December 1946

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

John Mills

John Mills

Pip

Valerie Hobson

Valerie Hobson

Estella

Tony Wager

Tony Wager

Young Pip

Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

Young Estella

Bernard Miles

Bernard Miles

Joe Gargery

Francis L. Sullivan

Francis L. Sullivan

Mr. Jaggers

Finlay Currie

Finlay Currie

Abel Magwitch

Martita Hunt

Martita Hunt

Miss Havisham

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Herbert Pocket

Ivor Barnard

Ivor Barnard

Mr. Wemmick

Freda Jackson

Freda Jackson

Mrs. Joe

Eileen Erskine

Eileen Erskine

Biddy

George Hayes

George Hayes

Convict

Hay Petrie

Hay Petrie

Uncle Pumblechook

John Forrest

John Forrest

The Pale Young Gentleman

Torin Thatcher

Torin Thatcher

Bentley Drummle

O.B. Clarence

O.B. Clarence

The Aged Parent

John Burch

John Burch

Mr. Wopsle

Richard George

Richard George

The Sergeant

Grace Denbigh Russell

Grace Denbigh Russell

Mrs. Wopsle

Everley Gregg

Everley Gregg

Sarah Pocket

Anne Holland

Anne Holland

Relation

Frank Atkinson

Frank Atkinson

Mike

Gordon Begg

Gordon Begg

Night Porter

Edie Martin

Edie Martin

Mrs. Whimple

Walford Hyden

Walford Hyden

The Dancing Master

Roy Arthur

Roy Arthur

Galley Steersman

Howard Lang

Howard Lang

Man sitting next to Pip at Magwitch's Trial (uncredited)

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