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Great Expectations

1974, English. Directed by Joseph Hardy.

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.

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Great Expectations is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Shout! Factory in India.

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Released
1 January 1974
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Written by
Sherman Yellen
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What Great Expectations is based on

Great Expectations is based on Great Expectations, an 1861 serialized fiction by Charles Dickens.

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Great Expectations runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).

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Great Expectations is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Shout! Factory in India. (Checked 2 November 2026.)

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If you liked Great Expectations, try Home by Spring, The Hunchback, The Magic of Ordinary Days.

Who directed Great Expectations?

Great Expectations (1974) was directed by Joseph Hardy and stars Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason.

What is Great Expectations based on?

Great Expectations is based on Great Expectations, an 1861 serialized fiction by Charles Dickens.

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