Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1968-09-26) |
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| Awards: | Won 5 Oscars. 13 wins & 25 nominations total |
| Screen: | Lionel Bart, Vernon Harris, Charles Dickens |
| Productions: | Warwick Film Productions, Romulus Films, Columbia Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 41236: Ron Moody - Fagin
- 129437: Shani Wallis - Nancy
- 936: Oliver Reed - Bill Sikes
- 125459: Harry Secombe - Mr. Bumble
- 25638: Mark Lester - Oliver
- 140029: Jack Wild - The Artful Dodger
- 88894: Joseph O'Conor - Mr. Brownlow
Crews
- 15378: Carol Reed - Director - Directing
- 6601: John Woolf - Producer - Production
- 10339: Oswald Morris - Director of Photography - Camera
- 3557: Charles Dickens - Novel - Writing
- 6584: Terence Marsh - Art Direction - Art
- 24675: Freddie Cooper - Camera Operator - Camera
- 10498: Vernon Dixon - Set Dresser - Art
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Reviews
John Chard
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I consider Oliver! the movie to be my mate. Charles Dickens famous novel of an orphan boy, Oliver Twist, who escapes from his poor life to seek his fame and fortune in London, is adapted as a glossy musical. Who would have thought that a story from the brilliant Dickens could b ....
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Sir Carol Reed has delivered a belter of a film that I'm certain would have Charles Dickens dancing with delight. Mark Lester is ideally cast as the weedy title character; brought up in the harshness of a Victorian workhouse. After daring to ask for "more" at supper time, he is sold ....
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