Oliver Twist

- 1948
- UK
- 1h 56min
- U
- Directed by: David Lean
- Written by: Screenplay:, David Lean, Stanley Haynes, Novel:, Charles Dickens
- Cast: Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Kay Walsh, John Howard Davies, Anthony Newley
A classic screen version of the Dickens' novel, with Guinness a sly Fagin and Newton a menacing Bill Sykes. Instead of making it a light children's story (as in the musical version), Lean taps into the darker side and captures it all in crisp black-and-white images which still look superb.
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