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Much Much More Than a Musical! - Oliver!
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Title: Oliver!

Release Date: 26 Sep 1968

Runtime: 2h 33m

Genre: Drama, Family

Director: Warwick Film Productions, Romulus Films, Columbia Pictures

Production Companies: Warwick Film Productions, Romulus Films, Columbia Pictures

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7 (432 votes)

Cast

  • Fagin: Ron Moody
  • Nancy: Shani Wallis
  • Bill Sikes: Oliver Reed
  • Mr. Bumble: Harry Secombe
  • Oliver: Mark Lester
  • The Artful Dodger: Jack Wild
  • Mr. Brownlow: Joseph O'Conor
  • Mrs. Bumble: Peggy Mount
  • Mrs. Sowerberry: Hylda Baker
  • Mrs. Bedwin: Megs Jenkins
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