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Oliver Twist

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Oliver Twist

Directed by David Lean

★ 7.6268 ratings
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.

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Cast

John Howard DaviesOliver Twist
Robert NewtonBill Sykes
Alec GuinnessFagin
Kay WalshNancy
Francis L. SullivanMr. Bumble
Henry StephensonMr. Brownlow
Mary ClareMrs. Corney
Anthony NewleyArtful Dodger
Ralph TrumanMonks
Michael DearNoah Claypole