Great Expectations

David Lean
1946-12-26

From the Vivid Pages of Charles Dickens' Masterpiece!
7.272
118 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
John Mills Pip Unowned
Valerie Hobson Estella Unowned
Tony Wager Young Pip Unowned
Jean Simmons Young Estella Unowned
Bernard Miles Joe Gargery Unowned
Francis L. Sullivan Mr. Jaggers Unowned
Finlay Currie Abel Magwitch Unowned
Martita Hunt Miss Havisham Unowned
Alec Guinness Herbert Pocket Unowned
Ivor Barnard Mr. Wemmick Unowned
Freda Jackson Mrs. Joe Unowned
Eileen Erskine Biddy Unowned
George Hayes Convict Unowned
Hay Petrie Uncle Pumblechook Unowned
John Forrest The Pale Young Gentleman Unowned
Torin Thatcher Bentley Drummle Unowned
O.B. Clarence The Aged Parent Unowned
John Burch Mr. Wopsle Unowned
Richard George The Sergeant Unowned
Grace Denbigh Russell Mrs. Wopsle Unowned
Everley Gregg Sarah Pocket Unowned
Anne Holland Relation Unowned
Frank Atkinson Mike Unowned
Gordon Begg Night Porter Unowned
Edie Martin Mrs. Whimple Unowned
Walford Hyden The Dancing Master Unowned
Roy Arthur Galley Steersman Unowned