Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Great Expectations (1946)

Great Expectations (1946) -- (Movie Clip) My Christian Name Philip

The chilling introduction of David Lean's Great Expectations, 1946, features John Mills' narration, Anthony Wager as young "Pip," and Finlay Currie as the evil "Magwitch."

Great Expectations (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Deceive And Entrap?

Estella (Valerie Hobson) dances with Bentley Drummie (Torin Thatcher) then with "Pip" (John Mills), with whom she is cruelly candid in David Lean's Great Expectations, 1946.

Great Expectations (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I Sometimes Have Sick Fancies

Delivered by socially ambitious "Uncle" Pumblechook (Hay Petrie), lowly-born Pip (Anthony Wager) meets Estella (Jean Simmons) and Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt), the odd local lady who's summoned him, in David Lean's Great Expectations, 1946, from the Charles Dickens novel.

Great Expectations (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Your Liberal Benefactor

The now-mature "Pip," (John Mills) while at work with blacksmith Joe Gargery (Bernard Miles) gets a propitious visit from the lawyer Jaggers (Frances L. Sullivan) in David Lean's Great Expectations, 1946.

Great Expectations (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Revenge On All The Male Sex

John Mills was approaching 40, Alec Guinness over 30, both WWII veterans, as the former playing Charles Dickens' "Pip," newly in London after learning of his secret benefactor, meets the latter playing his chosen roommate "Pocket," in the 1946 David Lean adaptation of Great Expectations.

Great Expectations (1946) -- (Movie Clip) She Would Coldly Tolerate Me

Young Pip (Anthony Wager) with Biddy (Eileen Erskine), now a fixture in the household of blacksmith Joe, seeking counsel before visits to Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt) and her ward Estella (Jean Simmons), his apprenticeship approaching, John Mills narrating, in David Lean’s Great Expectations, 1946.

Great Expectations (1946) -- (Movie Clip) You Shall Not Shed Tears For My Cruelty

The grown-up "Pip," (John Mills) visits Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt), whom he presumes to be the secret benefactor who has financed his career as a young gentleman, and sees Estella (now Valerie Hobson) for the first time since childhood in David Lean's Great Expectations, 1946.