Great Expectations

1946Rated7.31h 58mDrama, Romance

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.

Starring: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager

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Cast

  • John MillsPip
  • Valerie HobsonEstella
  • Tony WagerYoung Pip
  • Jean SimmonsYoung Estella
  • Bernard MilesJoe Gargery
  • Francis L. SullivanMr. Jaggers
  • Finlay CurrieAbel Magwitch
  • Martita HuntMiss Havisham
  • Alec GuinnessHerbert Pocket
  • Ivor BarnardMr. Wemmick

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