Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

A Compelling New Version of the Great Victorian Classic

1982 · 103 min · ★ 6.7 · Crime, Drama

An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.

Directed by Clive Donner · Written by James Goldman

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