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Oliver Twist
“The Motion Picture Event of the Year!”
5.1 / 10• 1933• 1h 20m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
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.”
