One of the great translations of literature into film, David Lean brings Dickens' 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.
Directed by
David Lean
Written by
Charles Dickens (novel); Anthony Havelock-Allan (adaptation); David Lean (adaptation); Cecil McGivern (adaptation); Ronald Neame (adaptation); Kay Walsh (adaptation).
Starring
John Mills (Pip); Tony Wager (Young Pip (as Anthony Wager)); Valerie Hobson (Estella); Jean Simmons (Young Estella); Bernard Miles (Joe Gargery); Francis L. Sullivan (Mr. Jaggers); Finlay Currie (Abel Magwitch); Martita Hunt (Miss Havisham); Alec Guinness (Herbert Pocket); Ivor Barnard (Mr. Wemmick); Freda Jackson (Mrs. Joe Gargery); Eileen Erskine (Biddy); George Hayes (Convict); Hay Petrie (Uncle Pumblechook); John Forrest (The Pale Young Gentleman). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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