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Great Expectations
6.4 / 10• 1974• 1h 40m•NR• English
DramaRomanceTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Michael York
Pip
Lead
Sarah Miles
Estella
James Mason
Magwitch
Margaret Leighton
Miss Havisham
Robert Morley
Uncle Pumblechook
Anthony Quayle
Jaggers
Joss Ackland
Joe Gargery
Rachel Roberts
Mrs. Gargery
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joseph Hardy's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Great Expectations is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
