Synopsis
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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Details
- Released
- 28 June 1948
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Director
- David Lean
- Writers
- Stanley Haynes, David Lean
- Budget
- $375,000
- Box office
- $400,000
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Production
- Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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Cast
John Howard Davies
Robert Newton
Alec Guinness
Kay Walsh
Francis L. Sullivan
Henry Stephenson
Mary Clare
Anthony Newley
Ralph Truman- MMichael Dear