Oliver Twist poster

Movie · 1982

Oliver Twist

Released 23 March 1982 More from 1982 → 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?

Oldest first
Michael Hordern
as Mr. Brownlow
70
Timothy West
as Mr. Bumble
47
Eileen Atkins
as Mrs. Mann
47
Oliver Cotton
as Monks
37
Tim Curry
as Bill Sikes
35
Cherie Lunghi
as Nancy
29
Timothy Spall
as 1st Constable
25
Lysette Anthony
as Oliver's Mother
18
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
52years between the oldest and youngest billed
70Michael Hordern — oldest on the call sheet
18Lysette Anthony — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast
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