Oliver Twist (1948)

7.6/10 • 121 min • Drama

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.

Cast

John Howard Davies

Oliver Twist

Robert Newton

Bill Sykes

Alec Guinness

Fagin

Kay Walsh

Nancy

Henry Stephenson

Mr. Brownlow

Mary Clare

Mrs. Corney

Anthony Newley

Artful Dodger

Ralph Truman

Monks

Diana Dors

Charlotte

Josephine Stuart

Oliver's Mother

Kathleen Harrison

Mrs Sowerberry

Gibb McLaughlin

Mr. Sowerberry

Amy Veness

Mrs. Bedwin

Frederick Lloyd

Mr. Grimwig

Henry Edwards

Police Official

Ivor Barnard

Chairman of the Board

Maurice Denham

Chief of Police

Michael Ripper

Barney

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