Great Expectations

The story

In this Dickens adaptation, 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

John MillsPip

Valerie HobsonEstella

Tony WagerYoung Pip

Jean SimmonsYoung Estella

Bernard MilesJoe Gargery

Francis L. Sullivan

Francis L. SullivanMr. Jaggers

Finlay CurrieAbel Magwitch

Martita HuntMiss Havisham

Alec GuinnessHerbert Pocket

Ivor BarnardMr. Wemmick

Freda JacksonMrs. Joe

Eileen Erskine

Eileen ErskineBiddy