Oliver Twist (1948)
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.
- Released
- 1948-06-28
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Stanley Haynes, David Lean, David Lean
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 from 268 votes
Cast
- John Howard Davies as Oliver Twist
- Robert Newton as Bill Sykes
- Alec Guinness as Fagin
- Kay Walsh as Nancy
- Francis L. Sullivan as Mr. Bumble
- Henry Stephenson as Mr. Brownlow
- Mary Clare as Mrs. Corney
- Anthony Newley as Artful Dodger
- Ralph Truman as Monks
- Michael Dear as Noah Claypole
- Diana Dors as Charlotte
- Josephine Stuart as Oliver's Mother