OLIVER TWIST (1948)

DAVID LEAN

Literary Classics Classics Drama 10th - 19th Centuries Education/Teaching Prison Historical Recommended

Cast

JOHN HOWARD DAVIES ALEC GUINNESS ANTHONY NEWLEY KAY WALSH ROBERT NEWTON HENRY STEPHENSON FRANCIS L SULLIVAN

Plot

One of two classic Lean adaptations of Charles Dickens. From the opening shot of Oliver's mother struggling through the snow to reach the workhouse. The film brilliantly recreates the feeling of poverty-stricken Victorian England. Look out in particular for Alec Guinness' superb performance as Fagin.