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📅 1968 ⏱ 2h 33min G Released FHD / 4K

Oliver!

"Much much more than a musical!"

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Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.

🎬 DirectorCarol Reed

📅 Release1968-09-26

🌍 CountryUnited Kingdom

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioWarwick Film Productions, Romulus Films

🗳 Votes467

🔥 Popularity2

💰 Budget$10,000,000

💵 Revenue$37,400,000

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🎭 Cast

Ron Moody

Fagin

Shani Wallis

Nancy

Oliver Reed

Bill Sikes

Harry Secombe

Mr. Bumble

Mark Lester

Oliver

Jack Wild

The Artful Dodger

Joseph O'Conor

Mr. Brownlow

Peggy Mount

Mrs. Bumble

Hylda Baker

Mrs. Sowerberry

Megs Jenkins

Mrs. Bedwin

Leonard Rossiter

Sowerberry

James Hayter

Mr. Jessop

Sheila White

Bet

Kenneth Cranham

Noah Claypole

Hugh Griffith

The Magistrate

🎥 Crew

DirectorCarol Reed

ProducerJohn Woolf

Director of PhotographyOswald Morris

NovelCharles Dickens

EditorRalph Kemplen

CastingJenia Reissar

Production DesignJohn Box

Art DirectionTerence Marsh

Costume DesignPhyllis Dalton

Makeup SupervisorGeorge Frost

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🏷 Keywords

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💬 Reviews

John Chard⭐ 8/10

I consider Oliver! the movie to be my mate. Charles Dickens famous novel of an orphan boy, Oliver Twist, who escapes from his poor life to seek his fame and fortune in London, is adapted as a glossy musical. Who would have thought that a story from the brilliant Dickens could be so sweet and endearing? So it be with Carol Reed's (Best Director Winner) unforgettable 1968 Best Picture Winner. …

CinemaSerf⭐ 8/10

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 outsta…