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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.
Great Expectations (1946) is a drama and romance film directed by David Lean, released on December 26, 1946 with a runtime of 1h 58m. It stars John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager and Jean Simmons. Viewers rate it 7.3 out of 10 across 386 ratings.
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John Mills
as Pip
Valerie Hobson
as Estella
Tony Wager
as Young Pip
Jean Simmons
as Young Estella
Bernard Miles
as Joe Gargery
Francis L. Sullivan
as Mr. Jaggers
Finlay Currie
as Abel Magwitch
Martita Hunt
as Miss Havisham
Alec Guinness
as Herbert Pocket
Ivor Barnard
as Mr. Wemmick
Freda Jackson
as Mrs. Joe
Eileen Erskine
as Biddy
Directed by David Lean, written by Charles Dickens, David Lean and Ronald Neame, produced by Ronald Neame.
Average viewer score of 7.3/10 from 386 ratings.
If I were ever to be given the chance to be a fly-on-the-wall at a conversation, then It'd have to be one with Charles Dickens and David Lean. How the latter managed to visualise and dramatise so expertly the finely honed characters of the former is astonishing. In this, possibly less well known story - "Pip" (Tony Wager) encounters an escaped convict in an eery graveyard when he goes to tend his late mother's…
Reviewed on July 7, 2022
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Great Expectations (1946) is available to stream on fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, FlixFling and HBO Max, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store and FlixFling. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Great Expectations (1946) includes John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Jean Simmons and Bernard Miles. The film was directed by David Lean. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Great Expectations was released on December 26, 1946 and runs for 1h 58m.
Great Expectations (1946) holds an average rating of 7.3 out of 10 from 386 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama and romance films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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