Great Expectations (1974)
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.
Director:
Joseph Hardy
Writer:
Sherman Yellen
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Michael York as Pip |
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Sarah Miles as Estella |
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James Mason as Magwitch |
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Margaret Leighton as Miss Havisham |
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Robert Morley as Uncle Pumblechook |
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Anthony Quayle as Jaggers |
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Joss Ackland as Joe Gargery |
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Rachel Roberts as Mrs. Gargery |
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Heather Sears as Biddy |
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Andrew Ray as Herbert Pocket |
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Simon Gipps-Kent as Young Pip |
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James Faulkner as Bentley Drummle |
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Sam Kydd as Scarred Convict |
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Peter Bull as Wemmick |
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John Clive as Mr. Wopsle |
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Patsy Smart as Mrs. Wopsle |
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Dudley Sutton as Criminal |
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Celia Hewitt as Molly |
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Richard Beaumont as Young Pocket |
| Art | Alan Tomkins | Art Direction |
| Sound | Maurice Jarre | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Sherman Yellen | Screenplay |
| Writing | Charles Dickens | Novel |
| Production | James Liggat | Casting |
| Art | Terence Marsh | Production Design |
| Production | Johnny Goodman | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Freddie Young | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Bill Butler | Editor |
| Production | Norman Rosemont | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Fryer | Producer |
| Directing | Joseph Hardy | Director |