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Oliver Twist [videorecording] / Title on container: David Lean's Oliver Twist Independent Producers ; screen play by David Lean and Stanley Haynes ; produced by Ronald Neame ; directed by David Lean. , Great Britain - [Irvingtion, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [1998] - 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion collection ; 32 . - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 32. .

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1948. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Includes original theatrical trailer.

Photographer, Guy Green ; editor, Jack Harris ; music composed by Arnold Bax. Photographer, Guy Green ; editor, Jack Harris ; music composed by Arnold Bax.

John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, Henry Stephenson, Mary Clare, Anthony Newley, Josephine Stuart, Ralph Truman, Kathleen Harrison, Gibb McLaughlin.

After escaping from the dreary workhouse where he has spent his childhood, Oliver runs away to London, only to fall in with Artful Dodger, Fagin, and their gang of young thieves. It is only with the revelation of Oliver's true identity that his troubles finally end.


DVD, NTSC, ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.


Subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired in English.

ISBN: 0780021282 9780780021280

Standard No.: 037429128121

Publisher. No.: OLI040 Criterion Collection

Subjects--Personal Names:
Twist, Oliver (Fictitious character) --Drama.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 --Film adaptations.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Orphans--England--London--Drama.
Criminals--England--London--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.