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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 90/100. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 92% of the 398 1940s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
386 audience votes
Key crew
- David LeanScreenplay
- Cecil McGivernScreenplay
- Ronald NeameScreenplay
- David LeanDirector
- Anthony Havelock-AllanScreenplay
- Kay WalshScreenplay
- Walter GoehrOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John MillsPip
- Valerie HobsonEstella
- Tony WagerYoung Pip
- Jean SimmonsYoung Estella
- Bernard MilesJoe Gargery
- Francis L. SullivanMr. Jaggers
- Finlay CurrieAbel Magwitch
- Martita HuntMiss Havisham
- Alec GuinnessHerbert Pocket
- Ivor BarnardMr. Wemmick
- Freda JacksonMrs. Joe
- Eileen ErskineBiddy
Stills
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