Oliver Twist
- Original title
- Oliver Twist
- Year
- 1948
- Running time
- 105 min.
- Country
United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Alec Guinness
- Robert Newton
- Francis L. Sullivan
- John Howard Davies
- Kay Walsh
- Anthony Newley
- Henry Stephenson
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- Music
- Cinematography
Guy Green (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Childhood. Poverty. 19th Century
- Movie Groups
- Charles Dickens Adaptations | Oliver Twist
- Synopsis
- Based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is about an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. Oliver is taken in by the pickpocket and he joins a household of young boys who are trained to steal for their master. This version of Oliver Twist is topped by Alec Guinness's masterly performance of arch-thug Fagin.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1948: Venice Film Festival: Best Overall Artistic Contribution. Nominated for Golden Lion1948: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best British Film
- Critics' reviews
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"From every angle this is a superb achievement."
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