Released:
1946-12-26

Overview:
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.

Director:
David Lean

Runtime:
1h 58min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  John Mills
  as
  Pip
• 
  Valerie Hobson
  as
  Estella
• 
  Tony Wager
  as
  Young Pip
• 
  Jean Simmons
  as
  Young Estella
• 
  Bernard Miles
  as
  Joe Gargery