Young Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th-Century London. He´s immediately taken in by a band of street urchins, headed by the lovable villain Fagin (Ron Moody), his fiendish henchman Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) and his loyal apprentice The Artful Dodger (Jack Wild). Through his education in the fine points of pick-pocketing, Oliver makes away with an unexpected treasure - a home and a family of his own.
Directed by
Carol Reed
Written by
Charles Dickens (freely adapted from "Oliver Twist"); Lionel Bart (book); Vernon Harris (screenplay).
Starring
Ron Moody (Fagin); Shani Wallis (Nancy); Oliver Reed (Bill Sikes); Harry Secombe (Bumble); Mark Lester (Oliver); Jack Wild (The Artful Dodger); Hugh Griffith (Magistrate); Joseph O'Conor (Mr. Brownlow); Peggy Mount (Mrs. Bumble); Leonard Rossiter (Sowerberry); Hylda Baker (Mrs. Sowerberry); Kenneth Cranham (Noah Claypole); Megs Jenkins (Mrs. Bedwin); Sheila White (Bet); Wensley Pithey (Dr. Grimwig). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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