• Film ID:
  • 3299
  • Availability:
  • DVD Available from Shop
  • Film cert:
  • Running time:
  • DVD=139 min.
  • Nationality(ies):
  • Britain.
  • Primary Language(s):
  • English.
OLIVER TWIST (1948)
Cast
John Howard Davies. Alec Guinness. Anthony Newley. Kay Walsh. Robert Newton. Henry Stephenson. Francis L Sullivan.
Director(s)
David Lean.
Categories
Literary Classics. Classics. Drama. 19th Century. Education/Teaching. Prison. Guardian 1000 Must See (2007). Historical. BFI Top 100 British Movies. Recommended.
Review
One of two classic Lean adaptations of Charles Dickens. From the opening shot of Oliver's mother struggling through the snow to reach the workhouse. The film brilliantly recreates the feeling of poverty-stricken Victorian England. Look out in particular for Alec Guinness' superb performance as Fagin.
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