Top Billed Cast

John Howard Davies
Oliver Twist
Robert Newton
Bill Sykes
Alec Guinness
Fagin
Kay Walsh
Nancy
Francis L. Sullivan
Mr. Bumble
Henry Stephenson
Mr. Brownlow
Mary Clare
Mrs. Corney
Anthony Newley
Artful Dodger
Ralph Truman
Monks
Michael Dear
Noah Claypole
Diana Dors
Charlotte
Josephine Stuart
Oliver's Mother
Kathleen Harrison
Mrs Sowerberry
Gibb McLaughlin
Mr. Sowerberry
Amy Veness
Mrs. Bedwin
Frederick Lloyd
Mr. Grimwig
Henry Edwards
Police Official
Ivor Barnard
Chairman of the Board
Maurice Denham
Chief of Police
Michael Ripper
Barney
Peter Bull
Landlord of 'Three Cripples'
Deidre Doyle
Mrs. Thingummy
Kenneth Downey
Workhouse Master (as Kenneth Downy)
W.G. Fay
Bookseller
Edie Martin
Annie
Fay Middleton
Martha
Graveley Edwards
Mr. Fang
John Potter
Charlie Bates
Maurice Jones
Workhouse Doctor
Hattie Jacques
Singer at 'Three Cripples'
Betty Paul
Singer at 'Three Cripples'
Johnny Briggs
Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)
Albert Chevalier
Courtroom Policeman (Uncredited)
Erik Chitty
Workhouse Board Member (Uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)
Nosher Powell
Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)
Dennis Wyndham
Man In Street Who Punches Oliver (Uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 09 2022

You only have to watch the opening few sequences of David Lean's striking adaptation of this, probably the most famous of Dickens' stories, to know that you are in for a treat. The dark clouds chase the poor, wretched, mother as she seeks any shelter she can from the impending storm and so, Oliver is born in the workhouse and the story begins. Francis L. Sullivan and Mary Clare are super as the exploitative and cruel face of the workhouse from which he is eventually sold and after a brief spell leading funeral cortèges for children, Oliver ends up befriending the Artful Dodger (Anthony Newley) ...