John Mills - Centenary Collection Box Set

Box set of films starring John Mills. 'Great Expectations' 1946 is the classic film version of Dickens' novel, directed by David Lean, in which orphan Pip Anthony Wager befriends an escaped convict before being elevated to higher circles as the companion of mad Miss Havisham and her niece Estella Jean Simmons, with whom the boy quickly falls in love. When the adult Pip Mills discovers a mysterious benefactor has paved the way for him to become a gentleman, he assumes Miss Havisham is responsible. In 'The October Man' 1947, a young man Mills is accused of murdering a model. He has to prove his innocence to the police, society and himself, as he has a history of mental disorders that may have made him commit the crime without him realising. In 'Morning Departure' 1950, based on the play by Kenneth Woollard, the crew of a submarine, led by Lt. Commander Armstrong Mills, is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. Will they be rescued before they run out of air 'Waterloo Road' 1945 is a story of ordinary people in wartime that stars Mills as a soldier gone AWOL, and Stewart Granger as the cad out to seduce his wife. Noel Coward co-directed, wrote and starred in 'In Which We Serve' 1942, a patriotic piece of World War II propaganda about a destroyer, told through flashbacks and the reminiscences of the surviving crew after their beloved ship is torpedoed. Mills plays Ordinary Seaman 'Shorty' Blake. 'We Dive at Dawn' 1943 is a World War 2 drama that highlights the characters all ag
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