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Oliver Twist: Directed by David Lean. With Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan. In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.
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- Drama
- David Lean
- 1951-07-30
Oliver Twist is a 1948 British film and the second of David Lean's two film adaptations of Charles Dickens novels. Following his 1946 version of Great Expectations , Lean re-assembled much of the same team for his adaptation of Dickens' 1838 novel , including producers Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan , cinematographer Guy Green ...
Oct 14, 2020 · Classic Film Review: Definitive Dickens, David Lean’s “Oliver Twist” (1948) Posted on October 14, 2020 by Roger Moore. What overwhelms you about David Lean’s second most famous Dickens adaptation is the sense of hunger that washes off the screen and erases any sense of “period piece” about it.
Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin.
Directed by David Lean • 1948 • United Kingdom Starring Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh. Following the success of GREAT EXPECTATIONS, David Lean applied his sterling craftsmanship to another beloved Charles Dickens classic and once again set the standard for all future screen adaptations.
