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Director:
Joseph Hardy
Writers:
Charles Dickens (novel)
Sherman Yellen (writer)
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Release Date:
22 November 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Charles Dickens' classic tale of Pip, a poor orphan who befriends an escaped convict and who grows up in the company of a bitter old woman... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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Cast

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Michael York ... Pip
Sarah Miles ... Estella

James Mason ... Magwitch
Margaret Leighton ... Miss Havisham
Robert Morley ... Uncle Pumblechook
Anthony Quayle ... Jaggers

Joss Ackland ... Joe Gargery
Rachel Roberts ... Mrs. Gargery
Andrew Ray ... Herbert Pocket
Heather Sears ... Biddy
Simon Gipps-Kent ... Young Pip

James Faulkner ... Bentley Drummle
Peter Bull ... Wemmick
Sam Kydd ... Scarred Convict
John Clive ... Mr. Wopsle
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Runtime:
Netherlands:103 min | Peru:124 min | UK:124 min | USA:100 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:G | UK:U
Company:
Incorporated Television Company (ITC) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Last film of Heather Sears. more
Quotes:
Jaggers: [to Pip] For whose sake would you reveal this?...
Pip: For Estella's sake! If Drummle knew, he'd never marry her!
Jaggers: Ah, you'd save her, is that it? You'd drag her into disgrace after twenty years? She's chosen her own life and Drummle - remember that! Oh, if you must save someone, I think you might look a little closer to home.
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Movie Connections:
Version of Great Expectations (1934) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
is this really a movie for "Great Expectations"?, 11 January 2006
Author: Agent12358 from United States

The story is hardly any close to what the book has. The acting is pretty dull, not interesting at all. Even Pumblechook and Jaggars (who seemed to be put in as a comical figure then a shrewed one) bored me with their performance. The only character that stuck to the book was Miss Havisham. Michael York's performance is not a good one but the way Estella, Biddy and Joe are portrayed is hardly any better. Those three characters are completely against the characters in the book- they are much older then they should be.

For those of you who might want to watch this movie instead of the book for a class, don't even bother. The plot is so far off and you miss tons of important events. You're also probably going to have much better time reading the book then watching this movie. The movie is just as tedious and wordy as the book and the plot is way off.

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