Overview
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
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 28, 1948
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- J. Arthur Rank Organisation,Cineguild
- Cast
- John Howard Davies,Robert Newton,Alec Guinness,Kay Walsh,Francis L. Sullivan,Henry Stephenson,Mary Clare,Anthony Newley,Ralph Truman,Michael Dearand 27 more
- Director
- David Lean
- Producer
- Ronald Neame
- Cinematography
- Guy Green
- Music
- Arnold Bax
- Budget
- $375,000
- Revenue
- $400,000
- IMDb
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