Directed by Carol Reed Writing credits:: Charles Dickens (novel Oliver Twist) Lionel Bart (book) Vernon Harris (screenplay) |
Oliver Twist is sold to a Dunstable undertaker after asking for more dinner at the orphanage. Escaping to London he is taken in by Fagin to join his gang of child pickpockets. Wrongly accused of a theft he meets a more kindly gentleman who takes him in, to the concern of one of Fagin's old pupils, the violent Bill Sykes. In the middle is Nancy, Sykes' girl whom Oliver has come to trust. |
Cast:: Ron Moody .... Fagin Shani Wallis .... Nancy Oliver Reed .... Bill Sikes Harry Secombe .... Mr. Bumble Mark Lester .... Oliver Twist Jack Wild .... The Artful Dodger Hugh Griffith .... The Magistrate Joseph O'Conor .... Mr. Brownlow Leonard Rossiter .... Mr. Sowerberry Hylda Baker .... Mrs. Sowerberry Kenneth Cranham .... Noah Claypole Megs Jenkins .... Mrs. Bedwin Sheila White .... Bet Peggy Mount .... Mrs. Bumble Wensley Pithey .... Dr. Grimwig James Hayter .... Mr. Jessop Elizabeth Knight .... Charlotte Fred Emney .... Workhouse Chairman Edwin Finn .... Workhouse Pauper Roy Evans .... Workhouse Pauper Norman Mitchell .... Arresting Policeman Fagin's Boys:: Robert Bartlett Graham Buttrose Jeffrey Chandler Kirk Clugston Dempsey Cook Christopher Duff Nigel Grice Ronnie Johnson Nigel Kingsley Robert Langley Brian Lloyd Peter Lock Clive Moss Ian Ramsey Peter Renn Billy Smith Kim Smith Freddie Stead Raymond Ward John Watters |
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