Directed by:
David LeanCinematography:
Guy GreenCast:
John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons, Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt, Alec Guinness, Hay Petrie, Torin Thatcher (more)Plots(1)
David Lean directs this classic adaptation of Dickens's novel about a young orphan who develops 'great expectations' after a mysterious benefactor pledges to sponsor his transformation into a gentleman. Pip (Anthony Wager) is visiting the graves of his deceased parents when he finds himself confronted by an escaped convict, Magwitch (Finlay Currie). Unfortunately for Pip, Magwitch isn't the only frightening adult he becomes acquainted with. When Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt), an eccentric old woman still dressed for the wedding at which she was abandoned by her groom years ago, seeks a playmate for her charge, Estella (Jean Simmons), it is Pip who is sent for. The boy quickly falls in love with Estella, though his hopes seem forlorn due to the gap in social standing between the two. When an older Pip (John Mills) discovers that he has a benefactor, he feels that Estella may be won, but has he read the situation correctly? (ITV Studios Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
John Mills
UK
Valerie Hobson
UK
Best movies:
Great Expectations (1946)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Jean Simmons
UK
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
Hamlet (1948)
Spartacus (1960)
Bernard Miles
UK
Best movies:
Great Expectations (1946)
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
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Francis L. Sullivan
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
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Finlay Currie
UK
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Martita Hunt
Argentina
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Alec Guinness
UK
Best movies:
Hay Petrie
UK
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Torin Thatcher
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Edie Martin
UK
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Michel Dacquin
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Freda Jackson
UK
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Tony Wager
UK
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Dido Plumb
UK
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Everley Gregg
UK
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Ivor Barnard
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
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Eileen Erskine
UK
Best movies:
Great Expectations (1946)
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
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John Forrest
USA
Best movies:
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Frank Atkinson
UK
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