Great Expectations (1946)
Great Expectations (1946)
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Cast & Crew.
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
Magwitch
Martita Hunt
Miss Havisham
Alec Guinness
Herbert Pocket
Ivor Barnard
Mr. Wemmick
Freda Jackson
Mrs. Joe
David Lean
Director
Eileen Erskine
Biddy
Charles Dickens
Writer
George Hayes
Convict
Hay Petrie
Uncle Pumblechook
John Forrest
The Pale Young Gentleman
Ronald Neame
Writer
Torin Thatcher
Bentley Drummle
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Writer
O.B. Clarence
The Aged Parent
Walter Goehr
Composer
John Burch
Mr. Wopsle
Richard George
The Sergeant
Guy Green
Cinematographer
Grace Denbigh Russell
Mrs. Wopsle
Jack Harris
Editor
John Bryan
ProductionDesigner
Everley Gregg
Sarah Pocket
Anne Holland
Relation
Frank Atkinson
Mike
Gordon Begg
Night Porter
Edie Martin
Mrs. Whimple
Walford Hyden
The Dancing Master
Roy Arthur
Galley Steersman
Kay Walsh
Screenplay
Cecil McGivern
Screenplay
Adele Raymond
Casting
Maude Spector
Casting
Pat MacDonnell
Casting
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Details.
Release DateDecember 26, 1946
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
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Great Expectations is a 1946 British drama film directed by David Lean, based on the 1861 novel by Charles Dickens and starring John Mills and Valerie Hobson. The supporting cast included Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt and Alec Guinness.
The script is based on a slimmed-down version of Dickens' novel. It was written by David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Cecil McGivern, Ronald Neame and Kay Walsh, after Lean had seen an abridged 1939 stage version of the novel, written by Alec Guinness. In the stage version, Guinness had played Herbert Pocket while Martita Hunt played Miss Havisham, roles that they reprised for the film. However, the film was not a strict adaptation of the play. The film was produced by Ronald Neame and photographed by Guy Green. It was the first of two films Lean directed based on Dickens' novels, the other being his 1948 adaptation of Oliver Twist.
John Bryan and Wilfred Shingleton won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White, while Guy Green won for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White. The film was also nominated for Best Director, as well as Best Screenplay Adaptation, and Best Picture. The film is now regarded as one of Lean's best; in 1999, on the British Film Institute's Top 100 British films list, Great Expectations was named the 5th greatest British film of all time.