Rent Oliver Twist (1948)
4.0 of 5 from 114 ratings
2h 19min
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- Synopsis:
- David Lean's atmospheric production remains the definitive version of the Charles Dickens masterpiece. Oliver Twist is expelled from a harsh orphanage by the miserly Mr.Bumble for daring to ask for more. After an unhappy apprenticeship to an undertaker, oliver escapes to the foggy streets of London where he falls in with a group of thieves headed by the mercurial Fagin and the Artful Dodger.
- Actors:
- Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, Henry Stephenson, Mary Clare, Anthony Newley, Josephine Stuart, Ralph Truman, Kathleen Harrison, Gibb McLaughlin, Amy Veness, Frederick Lloyd, John Howard-Davies, Henry Edwards, Ivor Barnard, Maurice Denham, Michael Dear, Michael Ripper, Peter Bull
- Directors:
- David Lean
- Writers:
- Charles Dickens, David Lean
- Others:
- John Bryan
- Studio:
- ITV
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Classics, Drama
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- Awards:
1948 Venice Film Festival Outstanding Technical Contribution
