Oliver Twist

• Director: Clive Donner
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Childhood Drama, Period Film
• Themes: Down on Their Luck, Orphans
• Main Cast: George C. Scott
• Release Year: 1982
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 104 minutes

Plot

Clive Donner directs Oliver Twist, the 1982 made-for-TV version of the classic Dickens novel. Richard Charles plays Oliver Twist, an orphan boy who gets kicked out of his juvenile workhouse when he asks for some more food. He is sent to work as an apprentice, but he quickly escapes and joins a group of other orphaned boys. They spend the day pickpocketing and commiting petty street crime in order to survive and bring home earnings to their leader, Fagin (George C. Scott). Eventually, Oliver picks the pocket of the wealthy Mr. Brownlow (Michael Hordern), who takes him in as his ward. However, the evil Bill Sikes (Tim Curry) kidnaps him back to continue working with the other pickpockets. The barmaid Nancy (herie Lunghi) helps Oliver escape, but she ultimately suffers the concequences of her actions. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Cast

Lysette Anthony - Oliver's Mother; Christopher Atkins; Eileen Atkins - Mrs. Bumble; Ann Beach - Mrs. Sowerberry; Oliver Cotton - Monk; Brenda Cowling - Mrs. Bedwin; Tim Curry - Bill Sikes; Eleanor David - Rose; Roy Evans - Dull-Eyed Man; Michael Hordern - Mr. Brownlow; Philip Locke - Mr. Sowerberry; Cherie Lunghi - Nancy Sikes; John Savident - Mr. Fang; Timothy Spall - 1st Constable; Timothy West - Mr. Bumble; Robert Russell - 2nd Constable; George C. Scott - Fagin; Artro Morris - Mr. Giles; Richard Charles - Oliver Twist; John Barrard - Dr. Losborne; Michael Logan - Chairman of the Board; Anne Tirard - Mrs. Corney

Credit

Evangeline Harrison - Costume Designer, Clive Donner - Director, Peter Tanner - Editor, William F. Storke - Executive Producer, Nick Bicat - Composer (Music Score), Tony Curtis - Production Designer, Norman Langley - Cinematographer, Ted Childs - Producer, Norton Romsey - Producer, James Goldman - Screenwriter, Charles Dickens - Book Author

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