Great Expectations

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 26, 1946

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

J. Arthur Rank Organisation,Cineguild

Cast

John Mills,Valerie Hobson,Tony Wager,Jean Simmons,Bernard Miles,Francis L. Sullivan,Finlay Currie,Martita Hunt,Alec Guinness,Ivor Barnardand 18 more

Director

David Lean

Writer

Charles Dickens,David Lean,Ronald Neame,Anthony Havelock-Allan,Kay Walsh,Cecil McGivern

Producer

Anthony Havelock-Allan,Ronald Neame

Cinematography

Guy Green

Music

Walter Goehr

Budget

$400,000

Revenue

$420,000

IMDb

tt0038574