Taxi driver Tom Manning is wrongly accused of the murder of an eight-year-old girl on a London bombsite. Jill, his fiercely loyal young wife, wins the active sympathy of Peter Tanner, Junior Counsel for the Defence. Against heavy odds, Peter proves a barrister of great ability and resource... but can he save Tom from the gallows?

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Dickens' classic tale of the young orphan boy, picking a pocket or two and struggling to survive in the seedy underbelly of 19th Century London is gloriously brought to life by Polanski. Oliver is a visual feast without doubt; the only question is quite why a director like Polanski has remained so rigidly within the original framework of the book, particularly when David Lean did such an exemplary adaptation over half a century earlier. find out more...

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