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Great Expectations

A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Director

David Lean

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, mystery

Box Office

N/A

Production

Cineguild,J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Awards

Won 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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Pip

Young Pip

Estella

Young Estella

Joe Gargery

Mr. Jaggers

Francis L. Sullivan

Magwitch

Miss Havisham

Herbert Pocket

Mr. Wemmick

Mrs.Joe

Biddy

Convict

Uncle Pumblechook

The Pale Young Gentleman

Bentley Drummle

The Aged Parent

Mr. Wopsle

The Sergeant

Mrs. Wopsle

Grace Denbeigh-Russell

Sarah Pocket

Relation

Mike

Night Porter

Mrs. Whimple

The Dancing Master

Galley Steersman

Soldier

Man Sitting Next to Pip at Magwitch's Trial

Ostler

Condemned criminal

Police Officer in Boat

Judge's Assistant

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Mr. Jaggers Miss Havisham Mrs. Joe Joe Gargery Pip Magwitch Estella Mr. Wemmick

My father's family name being Pirrip,
and my Christian name Phillip, - Great Expectations

My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian ...

(Wind howls) - Great Expectations

(Creaking) - Great Expectations

Keep still or I'll cut your throat - Great Expectations

Keep still or I'll cut your throat

(Convict) A boy may be warm in bed,
he may pull the clothes over his head, - Great Expectations

(Convict) A boy may be warm in bed, he may pull the clothes ...

(Ghostly voice) Wake up, Mrs Joe! - Great Expectations

(Ghostly voice) Wake up, Mrs Joe!

(Birdcall) - Great Expectations

(Ghostly sinister laughter) - Great Expectations

(Ghostly sinister laughter)

- You brought no one with you?
- No, sir. - Great Expectations

- You brought no one with you? - No, sir.

(Sergeant) Platoon, fall in! - Great Expectations

(Sergeant) Platoon, fall in!

Don't look to me to put it together again - Great Expectations

Don't look to me to put it together again

(Mrs Joe) If that boy comes back
with his head blown to bits, - Great Expectations

(Mrs Joe) If that boy comes back with his head blown to bits...

I hope we don't find them, Joe. - Great Expectations

I hope we don't find them, Joe.

(Man) Help! Convicts escaping! - Great Expectations

(Man) Help! Convicts escaping!

Let go! - Great Expectations

(Gunfire) - Great Expectations

(Pip) It was a year later... - Great Expectations

(Pip) It was a year later...

- What name?
- Pumblechook. - Great Expectations

- What name? - Pumblechook.

(Pumblechook) This is Pip. - Great Expectations

(Pumblechook) This is Pip.

Your clock’s stopped, Miss.
It should say a quarter past three. - Great Expectations

Your clock’s stopped, Miss. It should say a quarter past thr...

Come along, boy! - Great Expectations

Come along, boy!

This door, boy. - Great Expectations

This door, boy.

Who is it? - Great Expectations

Let me look at you - Great Expectations

Let me look at you

Look at me. - Great Expectations

I sometimes have sick fancies. - Great Expectations

I sometimes have sick fancies.

(Boy) Hello, young fellow! - Great Expectations

(Boy) Hello, young fellow!

Can I help you? - Great Expectations

Can I help you?

You may kiss me, if you like. - Great Expectations

You may kiss me, if you like.

(Pip) Three months later,
my sister became ill - Great Expectations

(Pip) Three months later, my sister became ill

Well behave yourself I have a pretty large experience of boys - Great Expectations

Well behave yourself I have a pretty large experience of...

Pip! - Great Expectations

A young gentleman of great expectations - Great Expectations

A young gentleman of great expectations

Well... - Great Expectations

One day I'll come
and see you in London, Pip, - Great Expectations

One day I'll come and see you in London, Pip,

Mr Wemmick I don't quite know what to make of Mr Jaggers - Great Expectations

Mr Wemmick I don't quite know what to make of Mr...

Here we are.
Mr Pocket's on the first floor. - Great Expectations

Here we are. Mr Pocket's on the first floor.

(Instructor) Two, three, four...
Now all together, Mr Pip. That's right. - Great Expectations

(Instructor) Two, three, four... Now all together, Mr Pip. T...

Ready? - Great Expectations

Forgive me, Herbert. - Great Expectations

Forgive me, Herbert.

Well, Pip, I should say you were at home. - Great Expectations

Well, Pip, I should say you were at home.

- Herbert?
- Yes? - Great Expectations

- Herbert? - Yes?

- Good morning, Mr Pip.
- Morning. - Great Expectations

- Good morning, Mr Pip. - Morning.

In trying to become a gentleman - Great Expectations

In trying to become a gentleman

Joe. How are you, Joe? - Great Expectations

Joe. How are you, Joe?

Well, Joe, I am glad to see you. - Great Expectations

Well, Joe, I am glad to see you.

Will you take tea or coffee, Mr Gargery? - Great Expectations

Will you take tea or coffee, Mr Gargery?

Remember the first time I came here The time you made me cry - Great Expectations

Remember the first time I came here The time you made me cry

Why are you going to Richmond - Great Expectations

Why are you going to Richmond

(Pip) All summer I saw a great deal
of Estella and I was very happy. - Great Expectations

(Pip) All summer I saw a great deal of Estella and I was ver...

- Are you tired, Estella?
- Rather, Pip. - Great Expectations

- Are you tired, Estella? - Rather, Pip.

Moths and all sorts of ugly creatures hover about a lighted candle - Great Expectations

Moths and all sorts of ugly creatures hover about a lighted...

Everybody dislikes him,
you must know that. - Great Expectations

Everybody dislikes him, you must know that.

You give him looks and smiles
such as you never give to me. - Great Expectations

You give him looks and smiles such as you never give to me.

- Who do you want?
- Mr Pip. - Great Expectations

- Who do you want? - Mr Pip.

Now perhaps you will explain your visit. - Great Expectations

Now perhaps you will explain your visit.

Take nothing on its looks - Great Expectations

Take nothing on its looks

(Silence) - Great Expectations

There's no other alternative. - Great Expectations

There's no other alternative.

Why not tell you the truth I am going to be married to him - Great Expectations

Why not tell you the truth I am going to be married to him

(Gasps) - Great Expectations

Late that evening, I left the room
with the long table for the last time - Great Expectations

Late that evening, I left the room with the long table for t...

- Good evening.
- Good evening, sir. - Great Expectations

- Good evening. - Good evening, sir.

We chose this spot carefully. - Great Expectations

We chose this spot carefully.

One, two. - Great Expectations

You have an escaped convict there.
That's the man in the stern. - Great Expectations

You have an escaped convict there. That's the man in th...

(Horn) - Great Expectations

I'll never forgive myself for this. - Great Expectations

I'll never forgive myself for this.

- Yes, sir?
- Basin. - Great Expectations

- Yes, sir? - Basin.

Put the case that he has known them to be habitually imprisoned - Great Expectations

Put the case that he has known them to be habitually...

I have something to tell you. - Great Expectations

I have something to tell you.

You had a child once - Great Expectations

You had a child once

Lord be merciful to him, a sinner. - Great Expectations

Lord be merciful to him, a sinner.

- (Estella) What name?
- Pumblechook. - Great Expectations

- (Estella) What name? - Pumblechook.

(Miss Havisham)
I know nothing of days of the week, - Great Expectations

(Miss Havisham) I know nothing of days of the week,

(Jaggers) Whom have we here?
(Estella) A boy. - Great Expectations

(Jaggers) Whom have we here? (Estella) A boy.

Pip! - Great Expectations

Look, Estella! Look! - Great Expectations

Look, Estella! Look!

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A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.

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Director: David Lean

Writer: Charles Dickens, David Lean, Ronald Neame

Production: Cineguild,J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Genre: adventure, drama, mystery

Year: 1946

MetaScore: 90/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 22 May 1947

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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