
Great Expectations
2Wins5NomsDirected by David Lean
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.
Awards
20th Academy Awards· 1948
- Cinematography (Black and White)Guy GreenWon
- Production Design (Black and White)John Bryan: Wilfred ShingletonWon
- Best PictureGeneral Film Distributors, Ltd., Ronald Neame For Universal Studios
- DirectingDavid Lean
- Writing (Screenplay)Anthony Havelock-Allan From By Charles Dickens, David Lean, Ronald Neame
Details
- Released
- 26 December 1946
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Director
- David Lean
- Writers
- Kay Walsh, Ronald Neame, Cecil McGivern, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean
- Budget
- $400,000
- Box office
- $420,000
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Production
- Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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Cast
John Mills
Valerie Hobson
Tony Wager
Jean Simmons
Bernard Miles
Francis L. Sullivan
Finlay Currie
Martita Hunt
Alec Guinness
Ivor Barnard

