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.
Released: 1948-06-28
Runtime: 116 minutes
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Stars: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan
Director: Winston Ryder, Charles Dickens, Ronald Neame, George Pollock, Stuart Freeborn