Great Expectations (TV 1974)

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, Miss Havisham, and her haughty young ward, ... See full summary »

Director:

Joseph Hardy

Writers:

Charles Dickens (novel), Sherman Yellen

Stars:

Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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	...	Arthur Compeyson (scarred convict)
John Clive	...	Mr. Wopsle

Storyline

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, Miss Havisham, and her haughty young ward, Estella. Pip learns the rewards of both vindictiveness and gratitude as a result of these events.

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Plot Keywords:

charles dickens | escaped convict | remake | great expectations | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 November 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

Büyük umutlar

Company Credits

Production Co:

Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Transcontinental Films (II)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

124 min 123 min (Showtime)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Last film of Heather Sears.

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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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Connections

Version of Great Expectations (1998)

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Soundtracks

"Good King Wenceslas"
(uncredited)
Traditional

User Reviews

sleeping pill

before seeing this film, the 1998 version was my only experience of this dickens story. i didn't enjoy that film very much, but this 1974 adaptation moves on in a particulary tiresome fashion.

the actors don't shine, the main couple michael york and sarah miles are especially wooden cases. the only character of real interest for me was anthony quayle's intelligent jaggers.

the so called plot is ridiculous, but the story itself is a great one. it's a real lesson on how your distorted values and obsessive principles can destroy you. live with an open mind and don't care what other people say, you are what you are, if others can't take it, **** 'em. pip was told this early on, but he didn't listen.

the girl adopted by the weird old lady reminded me a little of the old kaspar hauser story, not in that same horrible level, but in the way she molded the child to create the executor of her personal vendetta against the entire opposite sex she thought had deceived her. pip's childhood didn't appear much better. the ending didn't seem to fit the rest of the story's style. the sets looked cheap, and coming to imdb i'm not surprised to see that this was indeed a tv-movie (which i had no idea of when i borrowed it from the library).

live and learn. so many good movies, so little time. that's why the reviews are here. so YOU wouldn't have to waste your time on this sort of movies.

3/10