Great Expectations
“From the Vivid Pages of Charles Dickens' Masterpiece!”
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.
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Cast
28 people
John Mills
Pip
Known for
Gandhi
Swiss Family Robinson
Valerie Hobson
Estella
Known for
Bride of Frankenstein
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Tony Wager
Young Pip
Also in
The Secret Tunnel
Scrooge
Jean Simmons
Young Estella
Known for
Spartacus
North and South
Bernard Miles
Joe Gargery
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Moby Dick
Francis L. Sullivan
Mr. Jaggers
Known for
Night and the City
Joan of Arc
Finlay Currie
Abel Magwitch
Known for
Ben-Hur
Around the World in 80 Days
Martita Hunt
Miss Havisham
Known for
The Brides of Dracula
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Alec Guinness
Herbert Pocket
Known for
Star Wars
Lawrence of Arabia
Ivor Barnard
Mr. Wemmick
Known for
Beat the Devil
Oliver Twist
Freda Jackson
Mrs. Joe
Known for
The Brides of Dracula
Clash of the Titans
Eileen Erskine
Biddy
Known for
This Happy Breed
David Lean Director · Ronald Neame Screenplay Anthony Havelock-Allan Screenplay
Worldwide gross $420K · Budget $400K · United States release December 26, 1946
Box office
Budget
$400,000
Worldwide gross
$420,000
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Cineguild
Production
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · December 26, 1946
Theatrical
United Kingdom · December 26, 1946
Theatrical
United States · December 26, 1946
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 2000 · Physical · Contra Capa DVD
Germany
December 16, 1947 · Theatrical
Italy
May 3, 1947 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 19, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Russia
October 17, 1960 · Theatrical
XC
November 21, 1947 · Theatrical
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