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Oliver Twist (1933)

Oliver Twist (1933)

Drama

The Motion Picture Event of the Year!

Release Date: 1933, February 28
Directors: William J. Cowen
Countries: United States of America
Production: Monogram Pictures
Cast: Doris Lloyd, Lionel Belmore, Dickie Moore, Tempe Pigott, George K. Arthur, Irving Pichel, Clyde Cook, Barbara Kent, William 'Stage' Boyd, Alec B. Francis, George Nash, Sonny Ray

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book orphan 19th century pickpocket orphanage literary adaptation