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7.0Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
Released: 1968-09-26153 minDir: Carol ReedDrama, FamilyBudget: $10.0MBox office: $37.4M
Cast
- Ron Moody as Fagin
- Shani Wallis as Nancy
- Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes
- Harry Secombe as Mr. Bumble
- Mark Lester as Oliver
- Jack Wild as The Artful Dodger
Themes
- london, england
- based on novel or book
- pickpocket
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Oliver! is a 1968 British period musical drama film directed by Carol Reed from a screenplay by Vernon Harris, based on Lionel Bart's 1960 stage musical, itself an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1838 novel Oliver Twist. It stars Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, and Mark Lester in the title role.
Filmed at Shepperton Film Studio in Surrey, the film was a Romulus production by John Woolf and was distributed worldwide by Columbia Pictures. It includes such musical numbers as "Food, Glorious Food", "Consider Yourself", "As Long as He Needs Me", "I'd Do Anything", "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two", and "Where Is Love?".
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1960s children's drama films1960s musical drama films1968 British films1968 children's films1968 drama films1968 English-language films1968 filmsAmerican films based on playsBest Musical or Comedy Picture Golden Globe winnersBest Picture Academy Award winnersBritish children's drama filmsBritish films based on plays