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Oliver Twist (1948)

Oliver Twist (1948)

Drama Crime Comedy Adventure

A Screen Event To Be Remembered For All Time !

Release Date: 1948, June 28
Directors: David Lean
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Cast: Alec Guinness, Ralph Truman, Ivor Barnard, Nosher Powell, Peter Bull, Erik Chitty, Dennis Wyndham, Maurice Denham, Robert Newton, Hattie Jacques, Arthur Mullard, Mary Clare

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.

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