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Great Expectations (1946)

From the Vivid Pages of Charles Dickens' Masterpiece!

  • Dec 26, 1946
  • 1h 58m
  • NR

7.3/10

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391 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

Great Expectations is a 1946 drama and romance film directed by David Lean. Its leading cast includes John Mills, Valerie Hobson and Tony Wager. It runs for 1 hour 58 minutes.

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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Before You Pick

Time needed
1 hour 58 minutes
Age rating (US)
NR
Language
English
Audience signal
7.3/10 from 391 TMDB votes

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Great Expectations ≣ 1946 ≣ Trailer · plays from YouTube

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Cast

  • John Mills Pip
  • Valerie Hobson Estella
  • Tony Wager Young Pip
  • Jean Simmons Young Estella
  • Bernard Miles Joe Gargery
  • Francis L. Sullivan Mr. Jaggers
  • Finlay Currie Abel Magwitch
  • Martita Hunt Miss Havisham
  • Alec Guinness Herbert Pocket
  • Ivor Barnard Mr. Wemmick
  • Freda Jackson Mrs. Joe
  • Eileen Erskine Biddy
  • George Hayes Convict
  • Hay Petrie Uncle Pumblechook
  • John Forrest The Pale Young Gentleman
  • Torin Thatcher Bentley Drummle
  • O.B. Clarence The Aged Parent
  • John Burch Mr. Wopsle

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