Film and television

Back to movies

Film

Oliver Twist

  • 1948
  • TMDB 7.6/10
  • 2h 1m

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.

Watch film

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 DaviesOliver Twist
  • Robert NewtonBill Sykes
  • Alec GuinnessFagin
  • Kay WalshNancy
  • Francis L. SullivanMr. Bumble
  • Henry StephensonMr. Brownlow
  • Mary ClareMrs. Corney
  • Anthony NewleyArtful Dodger

Similar films