Movie
Oliver!
Overview
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
Details
- Release date
- 1968-09-26
- Runtime
- 153 min
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warwick Film Productions, Romulus Films
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ron Moody as Fagin
- Shani Wallis as Nancy
- Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes
- Harry Secombe as Mr. Bumble
- Mark Lester as Oliver
- Jack Wild as The Artful Dodger
- Joseph O'Conor as Mr. Brownlow
- Peggy Mount as Mrs. Bumble
- Hylda Baker as Mrs. Sowerberry
- Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Bedwin
- Leonard Rossiter as Sowerberry
- James Hayter as Mr. Jessop
Crew
- Carol Reed - Director
- Vernon Harris - Screenplay
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