Great Expectations
Directed by David LeanIn 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.
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Great Expectations was released on December 24, 1946.
Great Expectations was directed by David Lean.
Great Expectations has a runtime of 1h 58m.
Great Expectations was produced by Ronald Neame.
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.
The key characters in Great Expectations are Pip (John Mills), Estella (Valerie Hobson), Young Pip (Tony Wager).
Great Expectations is rated Not Rated.
Great Expectations is a Drama, Romance, Mystery film.
Great Expectations has an audience rating of 8.8 out of 10.
Great Expectations had a budget of $400K.
Great Expectations has made $420K at the box office.