Oliver Twist

7.6 / 10

(246 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama,

Adventure,

Crime,

Comedy

Duration:

121 minutes

Year:

1948

Director:

David Lean

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Company:

Cineguild,

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Budget:

$375,000

Revenue:

$400,000

Cast:
John Howard Davies

Oliver Twist

Robert Newton

Bill Sykes

Alec Guinness

Fagin

Kay Walsh

Nancy

Francis L. Sullivan

Mr. Bumble

Crew:
Stanley Haynes

Screenplay

David Lean

Director

Arnold Bax

Original Music Composer

Charles Dickens

Novel

David Lean

Screenplay