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Oliver Twist
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7.6When 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: 1948-06-28121 minDir: David LeanDrama, Adventure, Crime, ComedyBudget: $375,000Box office: $400,000
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
- Henry Stephenson as Mr. Brownlow
Themes
- child abuse
- based on novel or book
- pickpocket
- victorian england
- black and white
- orphan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Oliver Twist
- Director
- David Lean
- Screenwriter
- David Lean
- Cast member
- Edie Martin
- Composer
- Arnold Bax
- Producer
- Anthony Havelock-Allan
- Cinematographer
- Guy Green
- Narrative location
- England
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 246833
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1948-01-01
- title
- Oliver Twist
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- John Bryan
- after a work by
- Charles Dickens
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- costume designer
- Margaret Furse
- review score
- 100%
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