Oliver Twist (1948)
A Screen Event To Be Remembered For All Time !
- Released
- Runtime 2h 1m
- Director David Lean
- Genres Adventure Comedy Crime Drama
- Rating 7.6/10 (262 votes)
Synopsis
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
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John Howard Davies
as Oliver Twist
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Robert Newton
as Bill Sykes
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Alec Guinness
as Fagin
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Kay Walsh
as Nancy
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Francis L. Sullivan
as Mr. Bumble
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Henry Stephenson
as Mr. Brownlow
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Mary Clare
as Mrs. Corney
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Anthony Newley
as Artful Dodger
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Ralph Truman
as Monks
- Michael Dear as Noah Claypole
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Diana Dors
as Charlotte
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Josephine Stuart
as Oliver's Mother
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Kathleen Harrison
as Mrs Sowerberry
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Gibb McLaughlin
as Mr. Sowerberry
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Amy Veness
as Mrs. Bedwin
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Frederick Lloyd
as Mr. Grimwig
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Henry Edwards
as Police Official
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Ivor Barnard
as Chairman of the Board
Crew
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David Lean
Director
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Guy Green
Director of Photography
- Jack Harris Editor
- Arnold Bax Original Music Composer
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Ronald Neame
Producer
- Stanley Haynes Screenplay
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David Lean
Screenplay
