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.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Starring: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan
Directed & Produced by: Winston Ryder, Charles Dickens, Ronald Neame, George Pollock, Stuart Freeborn
Release date: 6/28/1948
Running time: 116 minutes
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10 by 100 users