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Great Expectations

(1946)

Drama, Romance

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1hrs 58m

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.

Score

72

All Trailers

Great Expectations ≣ 1946 ≣ Trailer

All Casts

John Mills as Pip

John Mills

** Pip

Valerie Hobson as Estella

Valerie Hobson

** Estella

Tony Wager as Young Pip

Tony Wager

** Young Pip

Jean Simmons as Young Estella

Jean Simmons

** Young Estella

Bernard Miles as Joe Gargery

Bernard Miles

** Joe Gargery

Francis L. Sullivan as Mr. Jaggers

Francis L. Sullivan

** Mr. Jaggers

Finlay Currie as Abel Magwitch

Finlay Currie

** Abel Magwitch

Martita Hunt as Miss Havisham

Martita Hunt

** Miss Havisham

Alec Guinness as Herbert Pocket

Alec Guinness

** Herbert Pocket

Ivor Barnard as Mr. Wemmick

Ivor Barnard

** Mr. Wemmick

Freda Jackson as Mrs. Joe

Freda Jackson

** Mrs. Joe

Eileen Erskine as Biddy

Eileen Erskine

** Biddy

George Hayes as Convict

George Hayes

** Convict

Hay Petrie as Uncle Pumblechook

Hay Petrie

** Uncle Pumblechook

John Forrest as The Pale Young Gentleman

John Forrest

** The Pale Young Gentleman

Torin Thatcher as Bentley Drummle

Torin Thatcher

** Bentley Drummle

O.B. Clarence as The Aged Parent

O.B. Clarence

** The Aged Parent

John Burch as Mr. Wopsle

John Burch

** Mr. Wopsle

Richard George as The Sergeant

Richard George

** The Sergeant

Grace Denbigh Russell as Mrs. Wopsle

Grace Denbigh Russell

** Mrs. Wopsle

Everley Gregg as Sarah Pocket

Everley Gregg

** Sarah Pocket

Anne Holland as Relation

Anne Holland

** Relation

Frank Atkinson as Mike

Frank Atkinson

** Mike

Gordon Begg as Night Porter

Gordon Begg

** Night Porter

Edie Martin as Mrs. Whimple

Edie Martin

** Mrs. Whimple

Walford Hyden as The Dancing Master

Walford Hyden

** The Dancing Master

Roy Arthur as Galley Steersman

Roy Arthur

** Galley Steersman

Howard Lang as Man sitting next to Pip at Magwitch's Trial (uncredited)

Howard Lang

** Man sitting next to Pip at Magwitch's Trial (uncredited)

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