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  1. 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.

  2. Great Expectations: Directed by David Lean. With John Mills, Tony Wager, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons. A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.

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    • Adventure, Drama, Mystery
    • David Lean
    • 1947-05-22
  3. Great Expectations (1946) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  4. Aug 22, 1999 · Dickens (and Lean) have a chilling success with the early scene in which Pip, an orphan being raised in a blacksmith's house, is summoned to the gothic mansion of a rich local woman and finds old Miss Havisham, still in her wedding dress, occupying the room where the wedding feast was to be held.

  5. One of the great translations of literature into film, David Lean's Great Expectations brings Charles Dickens's masterpiece to robust on-screen life. Pip, Magwitch, Miss Havisham, and Estella populate Lean’s magnificent miniature, beautifully photographed by Guy Green and designed by John Bryan.

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  6. Director David Lean's romance drama Great Expectations (1946) is an enthralling and comprehensive version of Charles Dickens' legendary novel.

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    • Drama
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  8. Stricken by illness and with his expectations gone, Pip is taken home and nursed back to health by Joe Gargery. When he recovers, he revisits Miss Havisham's deserted house. There he finds Estella.

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