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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
United Kingdom
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Year
1948
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Genre
Period drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
“From every angle this is a superb achievement.”
Variety, 1948
Oliver Twist was David Lean’s second Dickens adaptation, following his 1946 version of Great Expectations. Like the earlier film, this handsomely produced tale of a young Victorian lad struggling to overcome his workhouse origins combines an assured grasp of narrative, striking expressionistic touches and rich characterisations from a stalwart British cast (including Robert Newton as Bill Sikes, Anthony Newley as the Artful Dodger, and a young Diana Dors in a bit part).
The critical success of the film helped establish Lean, working here with a team of regular contributors including producer Ronald Neame and cinematographer Guy Green, as one of the foremost directors of his day, although Alec Guinness’s performance as Fagin attracted accusations of anti-Semitism.
Adapted many times before Lean’s version, Oliver Twist would subsequently be remade as a musical – Oliver! (1968) – and by Roman Polanski in 2005.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Bill Sikes
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Fagin
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Nancy
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Mr Bumble
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Mr Brownlow
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Mrs Corney
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Artful Dodger
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Oliver's mother
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Monks
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Mrs Sowerberry
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Mr Sowerberry
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Mrs Bedwin
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Charlotte
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Mr Grimwig
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Oliver Twist
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police official
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chairman of the workhouse board
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chief of police
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Noah Claypole
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Barney
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landlord of "Three Cripples"
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Mrs Thingummy
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workhouse master
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bookseller
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Annie
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Martha
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Mr Fang
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Charlie Bates
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workhouse doctor
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singer at 'Three Cripples'
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singer at 'Three Cripples'
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[Oliver as a baby]
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[doctor who delivers Oliver]
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[workhouse board member]
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[.]
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Credits
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Direction:
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Directed by
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Assistant Director
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[Assistant Director (2nd)]
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Continuity
Production:
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©
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A Cineguild Production
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Released through
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J. Arthur Rank Presents
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Produced by
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Production Manager
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[Assistant Production Manager]
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[Production Secretary]
Casting:
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[Casting Director]
Writing:
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Screen Play by
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Screen Play by
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[Screenplay Collaboration]
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[Screenplay Collaboration]
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[Based on the novel] By
Photography:
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Photographed by
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Camera Operator
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[Focus Puller]
Stills:
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[Stills]
Special Effects:
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Special Effects
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Special Effects
Editing:
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Editor
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[Second Assistant Editor]
Design:
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Sets Designed by
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[Assistant Art Director]
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[Assistant Art Director]
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[Set Dresser]
Costumes:
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Costumes
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[Wardrobe Mistress]
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[Wardrobe Master]
Make-up:
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Make-Up
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[Make-up Associate]
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[Hairdresser]
Music:
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Music Composed by
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The 'Oliver' Themes Played by
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[Music Performed] With
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[Music] Conducted by
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[Music Staff]
Sound:
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Sound Recordist
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Sound Recordist
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[Chief Production Mixer]
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[Boom Operator]
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Sound Editor
Publicity:
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[Publicity]
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