Oliver Twist

APPROPIATE

1997 / 91min.

Rating6.206

Genres

Family

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Tony Bill

Actors

Elijah Wood

Richard Dreyfuss

Lisa Dwan

David O'Hara

Ned Dennehy

Alan Devlin

Des Braiden

Maria Charles

Eileen Colgan

Jeff O'Toole

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