Oliver Twist (1997)

6.2/10 91 min Family 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

Richard Dreyfuss

Fagin

Elijah Wood

The Artful Dodger

David O'Hara

Bill Sikes

Alex Trench

Oliver Twist

Maria Charles

Widow Corney

Des Braiden

Magistrate

Lisa Dwan

Agnes

Ned Dennehy

Prosecutor

Alan Devlin

Doctor

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