The read
A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 84/100. Scores higher than 92% of the 412 1940s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max and Tubi.
Synopsis
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. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic84/100
263 audience votes
Key crew
- David LeanDirector
- Stanley HaynesScreenplay
- David LeanScreenplay
- Arnold BaxOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John Howard DaviesOliver Twist
- Robert NewtonBill Sykes
- Alec GuinnessFagin
- Kay WalshNancy
- Francis L. SullivanMr. Bumble
- Henry StephensonMr. Brownlow
- Mary ClareMrs. Corney
- Anthony NewleyArtful Dodger
- Ralph TrumanMonks
- Michael DearNoah Claypole
- Diana DorsCharlotte
- Josephine StuartOliver's Mother
Stills
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Themes
child abusebased on novel or bookpickpocketvictorian englandblack and whiteorphan
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