Oliver Twist (1948)
Oliver Twist is a 1948 drama movie directed by David Lean, with a running time of 2h 1m. It stars John Howard Davies, Robert Newton and Alec Guinness.
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 Davies as Oliver Twist
- Robert Newton as Bill Sykes
- Alec Guinness as Fagin
- Kay Walsh as Nancy
- Francis L. Sullivan as Mr. Bumble
- Henry Stephenson as Mr. Brownlow
- Mary Clare as Mrs. Corney
- Anthony Newley as Artful Dodger
- Ralph Truman as Monks
- Michael Dear as Noah Claypole
- Diana Dors as Charlotte
- Josephine Stuart as Oliver's Mother