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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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Earnest, classical in form, resolved and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- John Howard DaviesOliver Twist
- Robert NewtonBill Sykes
- Alec GuinnessFagin
- Kay WalshNancy
- Francis L. SullivanMr. Bumble
- Henry StephensonMr. Brownlow
- Mary ClareMrs. Corney
- Anthony NewleyArtful Dodger
- Ralph TrumanMonks
- Michael DearNoah Claypole
Crew
- David LeanDirector
- Stanley HaynesScreenplay
- David LeanScreenplay
- Charles DickensNovel
- Guy GreenDirector of Photography
- Arnold BaxOriginal Music Composer
- Jack HarrisEditor
- Ronald NeameProducer
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