Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1946 · 1h 58m

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Directed 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.

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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