I don't know how many versions of this classic Dickens story I have seen (I was even in one on stage in the early 1980s) but I have to give this credit for being the only one, to date, that has made me laugh. The cherubic young Dickie Moore in the title role was seven or eight when he made this, and frequently he looks like he awaiting instructions from an off-screen parent before commencing his scene - more often…
Oliver Twist (1933)
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An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
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Dickie Moore
Oliver Twist
Irving Pichel
Fagin
William 'Stage' Boyd
Bill Sikes
Doris Lloyd
Nancy Sikes
Alec B. Francis
Mr. Brownlow
Barbara Kent
Rose Maylie
Sonny Ray
The Artful Dodger
George K. Arthur
Toby Crackit
George Nash
Charles Bates
Clyde Cook
Chitling
Lionel Belmore
Mr. Bumble
Tempe Pigott
Mrs. Corney
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What is Oliver Twist about?
An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
When was Oliver Twist released?
Oliver Twist was released in 1933.
What genres does Oliver Twist belong to?
Oliver Twist is categorised as Drama.
Who stars in Oliver Twist?
The cast of Oliver Twist includes Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William 'Stage' Boyd, Doris Lloyd, Alec B. Francis.