Francis L. Sullivan recreated the role of Jaggers in the 1946 adaptation of the novel.
Valerie Hobson, who played Estella in the 1946 version had a featured in the film but her scenes were deleted. Nevertheless she is still billed in the credits.
Stuart Walker also directed Universal's other foray into Dickens, O Mistério de Edwin Drood (1935) Both were expensive failures and hastened the fall of the Laemmle regime at the studio. Ironically, MGM's two Dickens adaptations, "A Tale of Two Cities" and "David Copperfield" produced at the same time, were huge hits.
Phillips Holmes salary for portraying the adult Pip was $5,250.