Usually considered one of the best adaptations of a Charles Dickens novel, David Lean and his team brought this film in under two hours a considerable accomplishment considering most of these Dicken's novels are very long.
Lean and his writers apparently went through the book and underlined what they considered were the major scenes in it and then took this material and turned it into a screenplay. Apparently this was accomplished in a couple of weeks which must be some kind of a record
The film is sort of a greatest hits of Great Expectations and having read the book (admittedly a long time ago) it's hard to figure out what exactly was left out of the film. If I had any criticism of the film at all it would be with the ending which is just a little contrived. Pip finally gets Estella to see the light by literally having her walk into the light.
Even early in his career David Lean was the total pro when it came to making films. The cinematography, acting, editing, production and sound design are at a very high level for what is a decent but modestly budgeted film. This is a very easy film to watch for a 40's classic.
The screenplay was by David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame the running time is 113 minutes.
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