Great Expectations

In this 1946 British drama film adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel, orphan Pip (John Mills) discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt), and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella (Valerie Hobson), Pip learns that Miss Havisham has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman.