Oliver Twist (1948)
A Screen Event To Be Remembered For All Time !
Starring John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness
Directed by David Lean
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.
Runtime: 116 min.
Rating: 7.5
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom
Genres: Adventure,Drama,Family
Keywords: child abuse,based on novel or book,pickpocket,victorian england,orphan,charles dickens
Cast
Oliver Twist
Bill Sikes
Fagin
Nancy
Mr. Bumble
Mr. Brownlow
Mrs. Corney
Artful Dodger
Monks
Noah Claypole
Charlotte
Oliver's Mother
Mrs Sowerberry
Mr. Sowerberry
Mrs. Bedwin
Mr. Grimwig
Police Official
Chairman of the Board
Chief of Police
Barney
Landlord of 'Three Cripples'
Mrs. Thingummy
Workhouse Master (as Kenneth Downy)
Bookseller
Annie
Martha
Mr. Fang
Charlie Bates
Workhouse Doctor
Singer at 'Three Cripples'
Singer at 'Three Cripples'