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Great Expectations
From the Vivid Pages of Charles Dickens' Masterpiece!
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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Great Expectations opened in theaters December 26, 1946. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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Cast
John MillsPip
Valerie HobsonEstella
Tony WagerYoung Pip
Jean SimmonsYoung Estella
Bernard MilesJoe Gargery
Francis L. SullivanMr. Jaggers
Finlay CurrieAbel Magwitch
Martita HuntMiss HavishamCredits
- Directed by
- David Lean
- Written by
- Ronald Neame, David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Kay Walsh, Cecil McGivern, Charles Dickens
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $400K
- Box office
- $420K
Production
- Cineguild
- J. Arthur Rank OrganisationUnited Kingdom