Movie · 1948
Oliver Twist
Released 28 June 1948 More from 1948 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
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How old were they?
Henry Stephenson
as Mr. Brownlow
Kathleen Harrison
as Mrs Sowerberry
Ralph Truman
as Monks
Francis L. Sullivan
as Mr. Bumble
Robert Newton
as Bill Sykes
Erik Chitty
as Workhouse Board Member (Uncredited)
Maurice Denham
as Chief of Police
Kay Walsh
as Nancy
Alec Guinness
as Fagin
Hattie Jacques
as Singer at 'Three Cripples'
Anthony Newley
as Artful Dodger
Diana Dors
as Charlotte
Johnny Briggs
as Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)
John Howard Davies
as Oliver Twist
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The numbers
68years between the oldest and youngest billed
77Henry Stephenson — oldest on the call sheet
9John Howard Davies — youngest billed
35average age of the credited cast