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Great expectations [videorecording] / Container title: David Lean's Great expectations by Charles Dickens ; a Janus Films release ; J. Arthur Rank presents a Cineguild production ; released through General Film Distributors Ltd. ; adapted for the screen by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan with Kay Walsh and Cecil McGivern ; produced by Ronald Neame ; directed by David Lean. - [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c1998. - 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. - The classic collection The Criterion collection ; 31 . - Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.). Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 31. .

"Presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1"--Container. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1946. Series numbering from container spine. Special feature: theatrical trailer.

Photography, Guy Green ; editor, Jack Harris ; music, Walter Goehr; production designer, John Bryan. Photography, Guy Green ; editor, Jack Harris ; music, Walter Goehr; production designer, John Bryan.

John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Alec Guinness, Ivor Barnard, Freda Jackson, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons.

In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.


DVD; Dolby Digital mono.


Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

ISBN: 0780021274 9780780021273

Standard No.: 037429128022

Publisher. No.: GRE270 Criterion Collection

Subjects--Personal Names:
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 --Film adaptations.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Orphans--England--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
England--Social conditions--19th century--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.