Released:
1948-06-28

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.

Director:
David Lean

Runtime:
2h 1min

Genre:
Drama, Adventure, Crime, Comedy

• 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