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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.
Theatrical
Dec 26, 1946
Box Office
$420K
Budget
$400K
Return
1.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 12, 1999
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Quotes
See all →Fulfilling Expectations in Action, Adventure, and Romance
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NOW The Screen Fulfills Your Greatest Expectations...In ACTION! In ADVENTURE! In ROMANCE!
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Great Expectations: Thrills, Romance, Suspense, Adventure
Taglines
Great Thrills! Great Romance! Great Suspense! Great Adventure!
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Cast
Full credits →J
John Mills
Pip
V
Valerie Hobson
Estella
T
Tony Wager
Young Pip
J
Jean Simmons
Young Estella
B
Bernard Miles
Joe Gargery
F
Francis L. Sullivan
Mr. Jaggers
F
Finlay Currie
Abel Magwitch
M
Martita Hunt
Miss Havisham
A
Alec Guinness
Herbert Pocket
I
Ivor Barnard
Mr. Wemmick
F
Freda Jackson
Mrs. Joe
E
Eileen Erskine
Biddy
G
George Hayes
Convict
H
Hay Petrie
Uncle Pumblechook
J
John Forrest
The Pale Young Gentleman
T
Torin Thatcher
Bentley Drummle
O
O.B. Clarence
The Aged Parent
J
John Burch
Mr. Wopsle
R
Richard George
The Sergeant
G
Grace Denbigh Russell
Mrs. Wopsle
