Oliver Twist (1951)

  • NR
  • 07/29/1951 (US)
  • Drama, Adventure, Crime
  • 1h 56m

A Screen Event To Be Remembered For All Time !

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.

Charles Dickens

Novel

Stanley Haynes

Screenplay

David Lean

Director, Screenplay

Cast

John Howard Davies's headshot

John Howard Davies

Oliver Twist
Robert Newton's headshot

Robert Newton

Bill Sykes
Alec Guinness's headshot

Alec Guinness

Fagin
Kay Walsh's headshot

Kay Walsh

Nancy
Francis L. Sullivan's headshot

Francis L. Sullivan

Mr. Bumble
Henry Stephenson's headshot

Henry Stephenson

Mr. Brownlow
Mary Clare's headshot

Mary Clare

Mrs. Corney
Anthony Newley's headshot

Anthony Newley

Artful Dodger

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