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Great Expectations (1934) | Slate

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Rated 7.0 on TMDB

Great Expectations

The World's Greatest Story! The Most Talked About Book! Lives for the First Time on the Screen!

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.

Released: 1934
Runtime: 1h 40m
Rated: NR
Genres: Drama
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

Charles DickensNovel

Phil KarlsonAssistant Director

Cast

Henry HullAbel Magwitch
Phillips HolmesPip
Jane WyattEstella

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Gladys UngerScreenplay

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Unavailable

Florence ReedMiss Havisham

Alan HaleJoe Gargery

Rafaela OttianoMrs. Joe

George BarraudCompeyson

Francis L. SullivanJaggers

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