Great Expectations

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1946 · 118 min · NR · Drama · Romance · TMDB 7.3/10

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.

Directed by David Lean

Cast

• John Mills — Pip
• Valerie Hobson — Estella
• Tony Wager — Young Pip
• Jean Simmons — Young Estella
• Bernard Miles — Joe Gargery