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.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: John Mills, Tony Wager, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons, Bernard Miles
Directed & Produced by: Winston Ryder, Charles Dickens, Wilfred Shingleton, Ronald Neame, Ronald Neame
Release date: 12/26/1946
Running time: 118 minutes
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10 by 146 users