Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: December 26, 1946
Runtime: 118 minutes
Genres: Drama, Romance
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 7.3/10 (358 votes)
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Cast

John Mills
Pip

Valerie Hobson
Estella

Tony Wager
Young Pip

Jean Simmons
Young Estella

Bernard Miles
Joe Gargery

Francis L. Sullivan
Mr. Jaggers

Finlay Currie
Abel Magwitch

Martita Hunt
Miss Havisham

Alec Guinness
Herbert Pocket

Ivor Barnard
Mr. Wemmick

Freda Jackson
Mrs. Joe

George Hayes
Convict

Hay Petrie
Uncle Pumblechook

John Forrest
The Pale Young Gentleman

Torin Thatcher
Bentley Drummle

O.B. Clarence
The Aged Parent

Everley Gregg
Sarah Pocket

Frank Atkinson
Mike

Edie Martin
Mrs. Whimple

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





