Oliver Twist

“The GREATEST FILM TRIUMPH of the DECADE. A MATCHLESS CAST of SCREEN CELEBRITIES SUPPORTING JACKIE in THIS, HIS FINEST ACHIEVEMENT. Starring the GREATEST BOY ACTOR in the WORLD.”

6.3(15)19221h 14m

Drama

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

Director

Frank Lloyd

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Cast

Jackie Coogan

Oliver Twist

James A. Marcus

Mr. Bumble

Aggie Herring

Mrs. Corney

Lewis Sargent

Noah Claypole

Joan Standing

Charlotte

Carl Stockdale

Monks

Edouard Trebaol

The Artful Dodger

Lon Chaney

Fagin

Taylor Graves

Charley Bates

George Siegmann

Bill Sikes

Gladys Brockwell

Nancy

Lionel Belmore

Mr. Brownlow

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2y ago

7.0

Jackie Coogan was barely eight ears old when he turned his hand to one of Charles Dickens' more engaging characters. Born in the workhouse and quickly orphaned, he spends much of his young life picking oakum whilst constantly hungry. Scared that one of his friends might be reduced to having to eat him, he pulls the short straw and asks for extra gruel! Next thing, he's for sale - only his guardian...