
Great Expectations
1946
Movie Information
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.
Release Date
December 26, 1946
Director
David Lean
Runtime
1h 58m
Cast
John MillsValerie HobsonTony WagerJean SimmonsBernard MilesFrancis L. SullivanFinlay CurrieMartita HuntAlec GuinnessIvor Barnard
Production
CineguildJ. Arthur Rank Organisation
Genres
DramaRomance