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Oliver Twist

1948 • 2h1m Drama, Adventure, Crime, Comedy

Rating

7.6/10

Popularity

3

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.

Details

Director

David Lean

Screenplay

Stanley Haynes

David Lean

Cast

John Howard Davies

Robert Newton

Alec Guinness

Release date

6/28/1948

Status

Released

Budget

$375,000

Revenue

$400,000

Origin country

GB

Vote count

250