SYNOPSIS: 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.
| Pip | John Mills |
| Estella | Valerie Hobson |
| Joe Gargery | Bernard Miles |
| Mr. Jaggers | Francis L. Sullivan |
| Miss Havisham | Martita Hunt |
| Magwitch | Finlay Currie |
| Herbert Pocket | Alec Guinness |
| Young Pip | Anthony Wager |
| Young Estella | Jean Simmons |
| Director | David Lean |
| Producer | Ronald Neame |
| Music | Walter Goehr |
| Editing | Jack Harris |
| Production design | John Bryan |
| Cinematography | Guy Green |
| Executive producer | Anthony Havelock-Allan |
| Screenplay | David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan and Kay Walsh |
| From the novel by | Charles Dickens |
By January 11, 1999
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