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  Great Expectations

  Great Expectations

  Directed by David Lean • 1946 • United Kingdom

  One of the great translations of literature into film, David Lean's GREAT EXPECTATIONS brings Charles Dickens's masterpiece to robust on-screen life. Pip, Magwitch, Miss Havisham, and Estella populate Lean's magnificent miniature, beautifully photog...

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  Oliver Twist

  Oliver Twist

  Directed by David Lean • 1948 • United Kingdom

  Expressionistic noir photography suffuses David Lean's OLIVER TWIST with a nightmarish quality, fitting its bleak, industrial setting. In Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a tru...

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  Last Holiday

  Last Holiday

  Directed by Henry Cass • 1950 • United Kingdom
  Starring Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell

  Told by his doctor he has no more than a few months to live, drab British workingman George Bird (Alec Guinness) decides to spend his savings on lodging at a seaside resort. Once there, however, he finds his...