The Charles Dickens Collection: Great Expectations (1978)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Melodrama, Period Film  |   Run Time - 72 min.  |   Countries - Canada  |  
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

This animated adaptation of Dickens' novel Great Expectations tells the story of a young working-class boy whose entree into society is financed by a mysterious benefactor. Produced in Canada by WBTV productions, Great Expectations continued to make the cable-TV rounds into the 2000s.

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benefactor, class [social], escaped-convict, wealth