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.
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Crime
Stars: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, Henry Stephenson
Crew: David Lean (Director), Charles Dickens (Novel), Stanley Haynes (Screenplay), David Lean (Screenplay), Ronald Neame (Producer), Arnold Bax (Original Music Composer)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Runtime: 116 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 28, 1948
IMDb: 3.533
