Great Expectations Movie Review 1934

Weak Hollywood adaptation of the Dickens novel, easily dwarfed by the brilliant 1946 version. Holmes is Pip, the orphan who rises in the world thanks to a mysterious benefactor (Hull), with Wyatt as Pip's disdainful love, Estrella.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 102 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Aunts & Uncles, Nieces & Nephews, Adoption & Orphans, Period Piece: 19th Century, Books to Film: Charles Dickens, Escaped Cons

Screenplay

Gladys Unger

Cast

Phillips Holmes, Henry Hull, Jane Wyatt, Florence Reed, Francis L. Sullivan, Alan Hale

Cinematography

George Robinson

Director

Stuart Walker

Producer

Stanley Bergerman, Universal Pictures