Quick Facts
DirectorDavid Lean
Runtime2h 1m · NR
GenresAdventure · Comedy · Crime · Drama
Release1948-06-28
Film
Oliver Twist
1948· NR· 2h 1m· Adventure· Comedy· Crime· Drama
“A Screen Event To Be Remembered For All Time !”
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.
1948-06-28
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Key Crew
DirectorDavid Lean
ScreenplayDavid Lean
ProducerRonald Neame
Director of PhotographyGuy Green
Original Music ComposerArnold Bax
EditorJack Harris
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 22 crew)
Details
Released1948-06-28
Runtime2h 1m · NR
StatusReleased
StudiosCineguild · J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Budget$375,000
Box office$400,000
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Rating7.6/10 · 253 votes
Original languageen
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