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Expressionistic noir photography suffuses David Lean’s Oliver Twist with a nightmarish quality, fitting its bleak, industrial setting. In Dickens’ classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home. Here Alec Guinness is the quintessential Fagin, his controversial performance fully restored in Criterion’s digital transfer.
Original Release
10/15/1948
US Release
07/30/1951
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Newton | Bill Sykes |
Alec Guinness | Fagin |
Francis L. Sullivan | Mr. Bumble |
Henry Stephenson | Mr. Brownlow |
Mary Clare | Mrs. Corney |
Anthony Newley | Artful Dodger |
Josephine Stuart | Oliver's Mother |
Ralph Truman | Monks |
Kathleen Harrison | Mrs Sowerberry |
Gibb McLaughlin | Mr. Sowerberry |
Directors
Writers
Kay Walsh, David Lean, Charles Dickens, Stanley Haynes, Eric Ambler
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Newton | Bill Sykes |
Alec Guinness | Fagin |
Francis L. Sullivan | Mr. Bumble |
Henry Stephenson | Mr. Brownlow |
Mary Clare | Mrs. Corney |
Anthony Newley | Artful Dodger |
Josephine Stuart | Oliver's Mother |
Ralph Truman | Monks |
Kathleen Harrison | Mrs Sowerberry |
Gibb McLaughlin | Mr. Sowerberry |
Amy Veness | Mrs. Bedwin |
Frederick Lloyd | Mr. Grimwig |
John Howard Davies | Oliver Twist |
Henry Edwards | Police Official |
Ivor Barnard | Chairman Of The Board |
Maurice Denham | Chief Of Police |
Michael Dear | Noah Claypole |
Michael Ripper | Barney |
Peter Bull | Landlord Of 'Three Cripples' |
Deidre Doyle | Mrs. Thingummy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ronald Neame | Producer |