Oliver! is a 1968 British period musical drama film based on Lionel Bart's 1960 stage musical, itself an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1838 novel Oliver Twist.

After being sold to the mortician Sowerberry, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by their elderly mentor Fagin in 1830s London in this musical based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.

Sep 7, 2023 · Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.

Oliver! (1968) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

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Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist, winner of six Oscars®, including Best Film, Soundtrack and Direction.

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The Academy Award winning Oliver! (1968) was not the first-ever film version of the famous Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist. There were at least seven previous versions captured on film, beginning with Pathe's 1909 version and ending with David Lean's version in 1948. Twenty years passed before the story hit the silver screen again.

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.

Sir Carol Reed’s “Oliver!” is a treasure of a movie. It is very nearly universal entertainment, one of those rare films like “ The Wizard of Oz ” that appeals in many ways to all sorts of people.