Great Expectations (1946)
Overview
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.
Where to watch Great Expectations
| Country | Stream | Rent | Buy |
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| United States | fuboTV, HBO Max, Criterion Channel, FlixFling | Amazon Video, Apple TV, FlixFling | Amazon Video, Apple TV, FlixFling |
| United Kingdom | Artiflix | Amazon Video, BFI Player | Apple TV |
| Canada | Criterion Channel, FlixFling | Apple TV, FlixFling | Apple TV, FlixFling |
| Australia | Artiflix | Apple TV | Apple TV |
| Ireland | Artiflix | — | Apple TV |
| New Zealand | Artiflix | Apple TV | Apple TV |
| India | Artiflix | — | — |
| South Africa | Artiflix | — | — |
| United Arab Emirates | Artiflix | — | — |
| Germany | filmfriend, Artiflix | Apple TV, Amazon Video, YouTube | Apple TV, Amazon Video, YouTube |
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What is Great Expectations about?
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. Great Expectations is a Drama, Romance movie, released on 1946-12-26, runtime 118 minutes.
Is Great Expectations worth watching?
TMDB users rate Great Expectations 7.3 out of 10 from 391 ratings. Reception is mixed-to-positive.
Where can I watch Great Expectations?
In the United States, Great Expectations streams on fuboTV, HBO Max and Criterion Channel and can be rented from Amazon Video and Apple TV. The table on this page lists 9 more countries. Movie World also lists the official trailer, online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.
Directed by
David Lean
Cast
- John Mills as Pip
- Valerie Hobson as Estella
- Tony Wager as Young Pip
- Jean Simmons as Young Estella
- Bernard Miles as Joe Gargery
- Francis L. Sullivan as Mr. Jaggers
- Finlay Currie as Abel Magwitch
- Martita Hunt as Miss Havisham
- Alec Guinness as Herbert Pocket
- Ivor Barnard as Mr. Wemmick
- Freda Jackson as Mrs. Joe
- Eileen Erskine as Biddy
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