Great Expectations Poster

Great Expectations

72.75% | December 26, 1946 | Drama, 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.

Featured Crew

David Lean
Director
Charles Dickens
Novel
David Lean
Screenplay

Cast

Tony Wager
Tony Wager
Young Pip
Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons
Young Estella
Bernard Miles
Bernard Miles
Joe Gargery