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Oliver Twist( 1948)

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A Screen Event To Be Remembered For All Time !

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      John Howard Davies

      Oliver Twist

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      Robert Newton

      Bill Sykes

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      Alec Guinness

      Fagin

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      Kay Walsh

      Nancy

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      Francis L. Sullivan

      Mr. Bumble

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      Henry Stephenson

      Mr. Brownlow

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      Mary Clare

      Mrs. Corney

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      Anthony Newley

      Artful Dodger

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      Ralph Truman

      Monks

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      Michael Dear

      Noah Claypole

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      Diana Dors

      Charlotte

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      Josephine Stuart

      Oliver's Mother

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      Kathleen Harrison

      Mrs Sowerberry

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      Gibb McLaughlin

      Mr. Sowerberry

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      Amy Veness

      Mrs. Bedwin

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      Frederick Lloyd

      Mr. Grimwig

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      Henry Edwards

      Police Official

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      Ivor Barnard

      Chairman of the Board

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      Maurice Denham

      Chief of Police

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      Michael Ripper

      Barney

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      Peter Bull

      Landlord of 'Three Cripples'

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      Deidre Doyle

      Mrs. Thingummy

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      Kenneth Downey

      Workhouse Master (as Kenneth Downy)

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      W.G. Fay

      Bookseller

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      Edie Martin

      Annie

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      Fay Middleton

      Martha

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      Graveley Edwards

      Mr. Fang

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      John Potter

      Charlie Bates

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      Maurice Jones

      Workhouse Doctor

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      Hattie Jacques

      Singer at 'Three Cripples'

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      Betty Paul

      Singer at 'Three Cripples'

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      Johnny Briggs

      Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)

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      Albert Chevalier

      Courtroom Policeman (Uncredited)

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      Erik Chitty

      Workhouse Board Member (Uncredited)

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      Arthur Mullard

      Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)

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      Nosher Powell

      Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)

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      Dennis Wyndham

      Man In Street Who Punches Oliver (Uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 09 2022
    You only have to watch the opening few sequences of David Lean's striking adaptation of this, probably the most famous of Dickens' stories, to know that you are in for a treat. The dark clouds chase the poor, wretched, mother as she seeks any shelter she can from the impending storm and so, Oliver is born in the workhouse and the story begins. Francis L. Sullivan and Mary Clare are super as the exploitative and cruel face of the workhouse from which he is eventually sold and after a brief spell leading funeral cortèges for children, Oliver ends up befriending the Artful Dodger (Anthony Newley) ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • child abuse
    • based on novel or book
    • pickpocket
    • victorian england
    • orphan