Great Expectations (1946)
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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.
Cast
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John Mills
as Pip
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Valerie Hobson
as Estella
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Tony Wager
as Young Pip
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Jean Simmons
as Young Estella
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Bernard Miles
as Joe Gargery
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Francis L. Sullivan
as Mr. Jaggers
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Finlay Currie
as Abel Magwitch
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Martita Hunt
as Miss Havisham
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Alec Guinness
as Herbert Pocket
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Ivor Barnard
as Mr. Wemmick
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Freda Jackson
as Mrs. Joe
- Eileen Erskine as Biddy
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George Hayes
as Convict
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Hay Petrie
as Uncle Pumblechook
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John Forrest
as The Pale Young Gentleman
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Torin Thatcher
as Bentley Drummle
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O.B. Clarence
as The Aged Parent
- John Burch as Mr. Wopsle
Crew
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David Lean
Director
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Guy Green
Director of Photography
- Jack Harris Editor
- Walter Goehr Original Music Composer
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Ronald Neame
Producer
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David Lean
Screenplay
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Ronald Neame
Screenplay
- Anthony Havelock-Allan Screenplay
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Kay Walsh
Screenplay
- Cecil McGivern Screenplay
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