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.
Released: Jun 28, 1948
Runtime: 116 minutes
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Crime
Stars: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, Henry Stephenson
Crew: Charles Dickens (Novel), Stanley Haynes (Screenplay), Arnold Bax (Original Music Composer), David Lean (Director), Ronald Neame (Producer), David Lean (Screenplay)