Oliver Twist - D 6 DIC
Criterion/Voyager (1948)
Adventure, Crime, Drama
In Collection
#419
0*
Seen ItYes
116 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1
Mary Clare Mrs. Corney
John Howard Davies Oliver Twist
Alec Guinness Fagin
Anthony Newley Artful Dodger
Robert Newton Bill Sikes
Henry Stephenson Mr. Brownlow
Francis L. Sullivan Mr. Bumble
Kay Walsh Nancy
Director
David Lean
Producer Ronald Neame
Writer John Korty
David Lean
Cinematography Guy Green
Musician Arnold Bax

Based on the novel Oliver Twist from author Charles Dickens the movie is totally centered on an orphan lad who runs away from a workhouse where the children are scarcely fed and mistreated. He leaves alone for London and where he meets a pickpocket named Artful Dodger (Anthony Newley). The pickpocket takes in Oliver (John Howard Davies) and he joins a gang of boys who are trained to steal. The boys have various run ins with a host of characters including the boss of the pickpockets Arch, thug Fagin (Alec Guinness). Secrets from Oliver's family history leaked out through the film.
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