Top billed cast

1. 

   Ron Moody

   Fagin

2. 

   Shani Wallis

   Nancy

3. 

   Oliver Reed

   Bill Sikes

4. 

   Harry Secombe

   Mr. Bumble

5. 

   Mark Lester

   Oliver

6. 

   Jack Wild

   The Artful Dodger

7. 

   Joseph O'Conor

   Mr. Brownlow

8. 

   Peggy Mount

   Mrs. Bumble

9. 

   Hylda Baker

   Mrs. Sowerberry

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-06-03

Sir Carol Reed has delivered a belter of a film that I'm certain would have Charles Dickens dancing with delight. Mark Lester is ideally cast as the weedy title character; brought up in the harshness of a Victorian workhouse. After daring to ask for "more" at supper time, he is sold to the local undertaker; runs away to London and the rest is the stuff of well known literature. Ron Moody is outstanding as "Fagin", with Shani Wallis "Nancy"; Oliver Reed as the dastardly "Bill Sikes" and Jack Wild as the "Artful Dodger" all making the best of Lionel Bart's cracking musical adaptation of this tal...read the rest

Recommendations

1. Oliver Twist67%
2. Scrooge: A Christmas Carol67%
3. The Great Mouse Detective70%
4. A Christmas Carol69%
5. Anne of Green Gables72%
6. Ballet Shoes63%
7. The Secret Garden74%
8. The Jungle Book72%
9. Oliver Twist62%
10. Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return62%
11. FX's A Christmas Carol72%
12. Scrooge68%
13. The Secret Garden63%
14. King Lear60%
15. Benji69%
16. The BFG62%
17. Les Misérables73%
18. August Rush74%
19. Anne of Green Gables81%
20. Annie: A Royal Adventure60%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$10,000,000.00

Revenue
$37,400,000.00

Keywords

• london, england
• based on novel or book
• pickpocket
• orphanage
• musical
• based on play or musical
• victorian england
• orphan
• dog
• 19th century