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Film: Great Expectations (1946)

John Mills

Valerie Hobson

Bernard Miles

Francis L Sullivan

Martita Hunt

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Anthony Wager

Jean Simmons

Alec Guinness

David Lean

Ronald Neame

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Great Expectations

15/08/1997

BBC Two - Great Expectations (1946)

Vivid adaptation of the Dickens classic, starring John Mills.

Vivid adaptation of the Dickens classic about a poor young orphan who becomes a gentleman of means thanks to a mysterious benefactor.

A vivid adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic novel from master director David Lean. The simple life of a poor orphan is forever altered after a chance encounter with a fearsome criminal and the intervention of a mysterious benefactor. In line with the wishes of the wealthy stranger, the boy is taken to London, where he is introduced to a higher class of society and transformed into a gentleman. Despite his new riches however, he is unable to win over the object of his affections - a beautiful but spoilt young woman he has known since childhood.

Lean's vivid version of the tale won Academy Awards for cinematography and art direction.

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