Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

116 mins | Drama, Adventure, Family | June 28, 1948

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.

Oliver Twist

116 mins | Drama, Adventure, Family | June 28, 1948

Oliver Twist
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Original title Oliver Twist
Directors David Lean, George Pollock
Writers Stanley Haynes, David Lean, Charles Dickens

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

Kathleen Harrison

as Mrs Sowerberry

Gibb McLaughlin

as Mr. Sowerberry

Amy Veness

as Mrs. Bedwin

Frederick Lloyd

as Mr. Grimwig

Henry Edwards

as Police Official

Ivor Barnard

as Chairman of the Board

Maurice Denham

as Chief of Police

Michael Ripper

as Barney

Peter Bull

as Landlord of 'Three Cripples'

Deidre Doyle

as Mrs. Thingummy

Kenneth Downey

as Workhouse Master (as Kenneth Downy)

W.G. Fay

as Bookseller

Edie Martin

as Annie

Fay Middleton

as Martha

Graveley Edwards

as Mr. Fang

John Potter

as Charlie Bates

Maurice Jones

as Workhouse Doctor

Hattie Jacques

as Singer at 'Three Cripples'

Betty Paul

as Singer at 'Three Cripples'

Johnny Briggs

as Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)

Albert Chevalier

as Courtroom Policeman (Uncredited)

Erik Chitty

as Workhouse Board Member (Uncredited)

Arthur Mullard

as Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)

Nosher Powell

as Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)

Dennis Wyndham

as Man In Street Who Punches Oliver (Uncredited)