Cinematic background from Oliver Twist 1948 - 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.

Oliver Twist

1948

Drama

Directors:
David Lean
Writers:
Stanley Haynes, Eric Ambler, David Lean, Charles Dickens, Kay Walsh
Official poster of Oliver Twist 1948 directed by David Lean