Great Expectations

(1946)

Adventure / Drama

118 minutes

Directed by David Lean

Cast:

John Mills as Pip (adult)

Jean Simmons as Estella (child)

Valerie Hobson as Estella (adult)

Martita Hunt as Miss Havisham

Finlay Currie as Abel Magwitch

Francis L. Sullivan as Mr. Jaggers

Bernard Miles as Joe Gargery

Alec Guinness as Herbert Pocket (adult)

Anthony Wager as Pip (child)

John Forrest as Herbert Pocket (child)

Freda Jackson as Mrs. Joe Gargery

Ivor Barnard as Mr. Wemmick

Torin Thatcher as Bentley Drummle

O. B. Clarence as The Aged Parent

Pip is a friendly, naïve, young orphan who lives with the kind-hearted blacksmith Joe Gargery and his unpleasant wife, Mrs. Joe.  After he finds two galley criminals, he starts bringing food to them, fearing for his life.  Then a soldier appears who has Pip be his assistant and then the criminals are caught.  Pip finds himself being helped by a strange benefactor that pays for his education and gives him money to live a rich lifestyle. 

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