Oliver Twist (28-Jun-1948)
Director: David Lean Writers: David Lean; Stanley Haynes From novel: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Music Composed by: Arnold Bax Producer: Ronald Neame Keywords: Drama, Pickpocket Oliver Twist's mother died in childbirth at a poorhouse; he is raised at an orphanage, and then sold to apprentice with an undertaker. Following an argument he runs away and falls in with Fagin's gang of street urchin pickpockets. Arrested, Oliver is befriended by Mr. Brownlow, who looks into his family history, while Fagin demands his return. David Lean's sumptuous adaptation of this classic Dickens tale remains unmatched.
CAST Starring | Robert Newton | ... Bill Sykes | Alec Guinness | ... Fagin | Kay Walsh | ... Nancy | Francis L. Sullivan | ... Mr. Bumble | | with | Henry Stephenson | ... Mr. Brownlow | Mary Clare | ... Mrs. Corney | Anthony Newley | ... Artful Dodger | Josephine Stuart | ... Oliver's Mother | Ralph Truman | ... Monks | Kathleen Harrison | ... Mrs. Sowerberry | Gibb McLaughlin | ... Mr. Sowerberry | Amy Veness | ... Mrs. Bedwin | Diana Dors | ... Charlotte | Frederick Lloyd | ... Mr. Grimwig | | and | John Howard Davies | ... Oliver Twist | | Henry Edwards | ... Police Official | Ivor Barnard | ... Chairman of the Board | Maurice Denham | ... Chief of Police | Michael Dear | ... Noah Claypole | Michael Ripper | ... Barney | Peter Bull | ... Landlord of "Three Cripples" | Deidre Doyle | ... Mrs. Thingummy | Kenneth Downy | ... Workhouse Master | W. G. Fay | ... Bookseller | Edie Martin | ... Annie | Fay Middleton | ... Martha | Graveley Edwards | ... Mr. Fang | John Potter | ... Charlie Bates | Maurice Jones | ... Workhouse Doctor | Hattie Jacques | ... Singer at "Three Cripples" | Betty Paul | ... Singer at "Three Cripples" |
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