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Oliver Twist
“The Motion Picture Event of the Year!”
5.1 / 10• 1933• 1h 20m•NR• English
Drama
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
Dickie Moore
Oliver Twist
Lead
Irving Pichel
Fagin
William 'Stage' Boyd
Bill Sikes
Doris Lloyd
Nancy Sikes
Alec B. Francis
Mr. Brownlow
Barbara Kent
Rose Maylie
SR
Sonny Ray
The Artful Dodger
George K. Arthur
Toby Crackit
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William J. Cowen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Oliver Twist is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
