Great Expectations

1h 40min

Drama

Romance

TV Movie

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.

Production Companies

Transcontinental Films

ITC Entertainment

Cast

James Mason

James Mason

Magwitch
Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton

Miss Havisham
Robert Morley

Robert Morley

Uncle Pumblechook
Joss Ackland

Joss Ackland

Joe Gargery
Rachel Roberts

Rachel Roberts

Mrs. Gargery
Andrew Ray

Andrew Ray

Herbert Pocket
Andrew Beaumont

Andrew Beaumont

Young Pocket
James Faulkner

James Faulkner

Bentley Drummle
Sam Kydd

Sam Kydd

Scarred Convict
Peter Bull

Peter Bull

Wemmick
John Clive

John Clive

Mr. Wopsle
Patsy Smart

Patsy Smart

Mrs. Wopsle

Release date

1st Jan 1974

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English