Great Expectations

1946 · directed by David Lean

Rating
83/100
Hit
yes

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.

Great Expectations (1946), directed by David Lean, rates 83/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • John Mills
  • Valerie Hobson
  • Tony Wager
  • Jean Simmons
  • Bernard Miles
  • Francis L. Sullivan
  • Finlay Currie
  • Martita Hunt
  • Alec Guinness
  • Ivor Barnard

Crew

  • Guy Green — Director of Photography
  • Jack Harris — Editor
  • Walter Goehr — Original Music Composer
  • Anthony Havelock-Allan — Screenplay
  • Cecil McGivern — Screenplay
  • David Lean — Screenplay
  • Kay Walsh — Screenplay
  • Ronald Neame — Screenplay

More from David Lean

  1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — 99/100 · hit
  2. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) — 97/100 · hit
  3. Doctor Zhivago (1965) — 86/100 · hit
  4. Brief Encounter (1945) — 84/100 · hit
  5. Oliver Twist (1948) — 83/100 · hit
  6. This Happy Breed (1944) — 83/100 · hit

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