Great Expectations (1934)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Henry Hull	...	Abel Magwitch
	Phillips Holmes	...	Pip
	Jane Wyatt	...	Estella
	Florence Reed	...	Miss Havisham
	Alan Hale	...	Joe Gargery
	Rafaela Ottiano	...	Mrs. Joe
	George Barraud	...	Compeyson
	Francis L. Sullivan	...	Jaggers (as Francis Sullivan)
	Douglas Wood	...	Wopsle
	Forrester Harvey	...	Uncle Pumblechook
	George P. Breakston	...	Pip, as Child (as Georgie Breakston)
	Harry Cording	...	Orlick
	Eily Malyon	...	Sarah Pocket (as Eily Malyan)
	Anne Howard	...	Estella, as a child
	Walter Armitage	...	Herbert Pocket

Storyline

Nine year-old orphan 'Pip' Pirrip lives with his harridan older sister and her good-natured blacksmith husband Joe Gargery in rural, Regency-Period Britain. While visiting his mother's grave near the moors, Pip is set upon by Abel Magwitch, an escaped convict from a prison ship whose intimidating appearance causes Pip to steal food and drink from the Gargeries on his behalf. Although Magwitch had initially threatened Pip, a bond quickly forms between the hardened criminal and the boy, so when the convict is recaptured, he admits to stealing the food, but does not implicate his young accomplice. Shortly thereafter Pip receives an invitation from Mrs. Havisham, a wealthy recluse who lives in a crumbling mansion to play with her niece Estella. He finds her haughty and cruel but is attracted to her beauty as his visits continue. Some time later the Gargeries receive a visit from the condescending lawyer Mr... Written by duke1029@aol.com  

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