Oliver Twist (1933)

Synopsis: This is the first film version of the Dickens's 1839 classic. It is 19th-century England and an unknown girl tragically dies during childbirth. Her orphaned boy, Oliver, spends his childhood in the... This is the first film version of the Dickens's 1839 classic. It is 19th-century England and an unknown girl tragically dies during childbirth. Her orphaned boy, Oliver, spends his childhood in the workhouse, treated harshly at the hands of the parish authorities. He eventually runs away to London where he meets Fagin, an old criminal who controls a gang of young thieves and introduces Oliver to a life of crime and corruption. The heartwarming conclusion is filled with unexpected twists. [More]

Starring: Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William Boyd, Doris Lloyd

Starring: Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William Boyd, Doris Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Alec B. Francis, George K. Arthur, Clyde Cook

Director: William J. Cowan

Director: William J. Cowan
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Meehan
Story: Charles Dickens
Producer: I.E. Chadwick

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