Oliver Twist

1922 PG-13 1h 14m

6.4 / 10 16

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6.4/10

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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

Writers

Charles Dickens Walter Anthony

Stars

Jackie Coogan James A. Marcus Aggie Herring

Sowerberry (uncredited)

Drama

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Geronimo1967 24 Mar 2024

7/10

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...