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Oliver Twist

A young woman in labour makes her way to a parish workhouse and dies after giving birth to a boy. Oliver Twist (John Howard Davies) is systematically named Oliver Twist by the workhouse authorities. Oliver is apprenticed to undertaker Mr. Sowerberry, but when another worker maligns his dead mother, Oliver flies into a rage and attacks him, earning the orphan a whipping. Oliver runs away to London and is given a home by Fagin, an old Jew who trains children to be pickpockets. Fagin is visited by the mysterious Monks (Ralph Truman), who has a strong interest

Credits

Cast
Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Kay Walsh, John Howard Davies

Copyright

25Oct48 LF146, renewed 30Oct75 R616596 Renewal claimant: Rank Film Distributors, Ltd Original author: Independent Producers, Ltd Registered 25Oct48 · LF146 (Jan-Jun 1974) Copyright holder: Independent Producers, Ltd

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q645752 ↗ — color, country
  3. U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright

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