Oliver! (1968) · Tastebuds

Much much more than a musical!

Musical 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.

Drama Family london, england based on novel or book pickpocket orphanage musical based on play or musical victorian england orphan dog 19th century

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Classical in form, resolved, earnest and effortless.

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resolvedopen-ended
earnestironic
effortlessdemanding
character-ledplot-driven

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Cast

Ron MoodyFagin
Shani WallisNancy
Oliver ReedBill Sikes
Harry SecombeMr. Bumble
Mark LesterOliver
Jack WildThe Artful Dodger
Joseph O'ConorMr. Brownlow
Peggy MountMrs. Bumble
Hylda BakerMrs. Sowerberry
Megs JenkinsMrs. Bedwin

Crew

Carol ReedDirector
Vernon HarrisScreenplay
Charles DickensNovel
Oswald MorrisDirector of Photography
Lionel BartOriginal Music Composer
Johnny GreenOriginal Music Composer
Ralph KemplenEditor
John WoolfProducer

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