Movie Description
Great Expectations
(1946)Overview
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
- Director : David Lean
- Producer : Ronald Neame
- Editor : Jack Harris
- Cast : 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,George Hayes,Hay Petrie,John Forrest,Torin Thatcher,O.B. Clarence,John Burch,Richard George,Grace Denbigh Russell,Everley Gregg,Anne Holland,Frank Atkinson,Gordon Begg,Edie Martin,Walford Hyden,Roy Arthur,Howard Lang
Cast
Pip
Estella
Young Pip
Young Estella
Joe Gargery
Mr. Jaggers
Abel Magwitch
Miss Havisham
Herbert Pocket
Mr. Wemmick
Mrs. Joe
Biddy
Convict
Uncle Pumblechook
The Pale Young Gentleman
Bentley Drummle
The Aged Parent
Mr. Wopsle
The Sergeant
Mrs. Wopsle
Sarah Pocket
Relation
Mike
Night Porter
Mrs. Whimple
The Dancing Master
Galley Steersman
Man sitting next to Pip at Magwitch's Trial (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleGreat Expectations
Status Released
Release Information
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1946-12-26
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 58m
Budget₹ 400000
Revenue₹ 420000
Production CompaniesCineguild,J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Genres
- Drama
- Romance
