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30 July 1951 (USA) moreTagline:
A Screen Event To Be Remembered For All Time !Plot:
Based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is about an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and meets a pickpocket on the streets of London... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Spectacular, Breathtaking & Definitive 'Oliver Twist' moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Newton | ... | Bill Sikes | |
| Alec Guinness | ... | Fagin | |
| Kay Walsh | ... | Nancy | |
| Francis L. Sullivan | ... | Mr. Bumble | |
| John Howard Davies | ... | Oliver Twist | |
| Henry Stephenson | ... | Mr. Brownlow | |
| Mary Clare | ... | Mrs. Corney | |
| Anthony Newley | ... | Artful Dodger | |
| Josephine Stuart | ... | Oliver's Mother | |
| Ralph Truman | ... | Monks | |
| Kathleen Harrison | ... | Mrs. Sowerberry | |
| Gibb McLaughlin | ... | Mr. Sowerberry | |
| Amy Veness | ... | Mrs. Bedwin | |
| Diana Dors | ... | Charlotte | |
| Frederick Lloyd | ... | Dr. Grimwig |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
116 min | USA:105 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Australia:G | Germany:12 | Egypt:(Banned) (original release) | Canada:G (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:UFilming Locations:
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UKFun Stuff
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The film's release in the US was delayed until 1951 because of protests from Jewish pressure groups, who judged Alec Guinness's portrayal of Fagin to be anti-Semitic moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the final scene, in a close-up, Oliver is holding the elder gentleman's right hand in his left, and is to his right. When they turn the corner, in the long shot, Oliver is now being held by his right hand and is to the elder gentleman's left. moreQuotes:
Mr. Brownlow: How would you like to grow up a clever man and write books?Oliver Twist: I think I'd rather read them sir.
Mr. Brownlow: What, don't you want to be a book writer?
Oliver Twist: I think I'd rather be a bookseller sir.
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David Lean's adaptation of Charles Dickens' most irresistible tale must rank as one of the most astounding masterpieces in all of cinema.
Every detail is wrought with the most painstaking detail and nuance. There are many scenes which stand out but none is more exhilarating as the astounding ending when it appears as if all of London has come out to rescue our hero.
My favorite aspect of this film has to be the depiction of a London in which we have all dreamed of living: gritty, lusty, ugly, beautiful, attractive, repulsive but most of all, exceptionally unique and endearing - yet with pomp and poverty existing side by side.
Oh, so much to say about this film. One runs out of words.
Every performance remains in one's memory, every image in one's heart.