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Great Expectations (26-Dec-1946)
Director: David Lean Writers: David Lean; Ronald Neame; Anthony Havelock-Allan; Kay Walsh; Cecil McGivern From novel: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Music Score Composed and Conducted by: Walter Goehr Producer: Ronald Neame Keywords: Drama Young orphan Pip befriends Magwitch, an escaped convict. Later, he becomes playmate to Estella, ward of Miss Havisham, an elderly lady who has never recovered from being jilted decades prior. As he nears the age of majority, Pip receives financial support from an unnamed benefactor, presumably Miss Havisham. It is enough income to live as a gentleman, though money does not take well to Pip. Definitive version of Dickens' classic, with nary a false step. Received Oscars for Best Cinematography and Best Set Decoration; nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Finlay Currie |
Actor |
20-Jan-1878 |
9-May-1968 |
Great Expectations |
| Alec Guinness |
Actor |
2-Apr-1914 |
5-Aug-2000 |
Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars |
| Valerie Hobson |
Actor |
14-Apr-1917 |
13-Nov-1998 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
| Martita Hunt |
Actor |
30-Jan-1899 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Great Expectations |
| Bernard Miles |
Actor |
27-Sep-1907 |
14-Jun-1991 |
Founder of the Mermaid Theatre, London |
| John Mills |
Actor |
22-Feb-1908 |
23-Apr-2005 |
Ryan's Daughter |
| Jean Simmons |
Actor |
31-Jan-1929 |
22-Jan-2010 |
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| Francis L. Sullivan |
Actor |
6-Jan-1903 |
19-Nov-1956 |
Great Expectations |
| Torin Thatcher |
Actor |
15-Jan-1905 |
4-Mar-1981 |
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CAST | John Mills | ... Pip | | Valerie Hobson | ... Estella | | | Bernard Miles | ... Joe Gargery | | Francis L. Sullivan | ... Mr. Jaggers | | Martita Hunt | ... Miss Havisham | | Finlay Currie | ... Magwitch | | Alec Guinness | ... Herbert Pocket | | Ivor Barnard | ... Mr. Wemmick | | Freda Jackson | ... Mrs. Joe | | | Introducing | | Anthony Wager | ... Young Pip | | Jean Simmons | ... Young Estella | | | Eileen Erskine | ... Biddy | | George Hayes | ... Convict | | Hay Petrie | ... Uncle Pumblechook | | John Forrest | ... The Pale Young Gentleman | | Torin Thatcher | ... Bentley Drummle | | O. B. Clarence | ... The Aged Parent | | John Burch | ... Mr. Wopsle | | Richard George | ... The Sergeant | | Grace Denbigh-Russell | ... Mrs. Wopsle | | 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 |
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