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Oliver Twist
“A Screen Event To Be Remembered For All Time !”
7.5 / 10• 1948• 2h 1m•NR• English
DramaAdventureCrimeComedy
Storyline
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
Cast & Crew
John Howard Davies
Oliver Twist
Lead
Robert Newton
Bill Sykes
Alec Guinness
Fagin
Kay Walsh
Nancy
Francis L. Sullivan
Mr. Bumble
Henry Stephenson
Mr. Brownlow
Mary Clare
Mrs. Corney
Anthony Newley
Artful Dodger
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. David Lean's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Oliver Twist is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
