
Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- David Lean
- Writer
- David Lean
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Alec Guinness
Anthony Newley
Francis L. Sullivan
Henry Stephenson
John Howard Davies
Kay Walsh
Mary Clare
Michael Dear
Ralph Truman
Robert Newton
Keywords
based on novel or book
child abuse
orphan
pickpocket
victorian england
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