GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946) - ♦♦♦♦♦

Directed by - David Lean

Written by - David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Kay Walsh, Cecil McGivern (based on a novel by Charles Dickens)

Starring - John Mills, Valerie Hobson

"An orphaned boy befriends a mysterious gentlemen who intends to make him a respected and wealthy gentlemen. But despite his good fortune, he cannot forget his love for a cold hearted woman whom he knew since he was a child. From the Dickens classic novel comes a timeless classic cinema masterpiece. The great British director David Lean so tastefully and masterly brings the novel to life in a most perfect;y agreeable way by choosing the right economic storytelling and the perfect photography, which is not uncommon in a film of his. The fact that the film boasts some excellent performances by John Mills and Alec Guinness just strengthens the film’s legacy as perhaps the best out of numerous adaptations of Dickens’ works."

Period Drama, UK