| Oliver Twist | |
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| Directed by | David Lean |
| Written by | David Lean Stanley Haynes |
| Based on | Oliver Twist 1837 novel by Charles Dickens |
| Produced by | Ronald Neame Anthony Havelock-Allan |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Guy Green |
| Edited by | Jack Harris |
| Music by | Arnold Bax |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Running time | 116 minutes (UK) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £371,500[2] |
| Box office | £380,400[2] |
Oliver Twist is a 1948 British film and the second of David Lean's two film adaptations of Charles Dickens novels. Following his 1946 version of Great Expectations, Lean re-assembled much of the same team for his adaptation of Dickens' 1838 novel, including producers Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan, cinematographer Guy Green, designer John Bryan and editor Jack Harris. Lean's then-wife, Kay Walsh, who had collaborated on the screenplay for Great Expectations, played the role of Nancy. John Howard Davies was cast as Oliver, while Alec Guinness portrayed Fagin and Robert Newton played Bill Sykes (Bill Sikes in the novel).
In 1999, the British Film Institute placed it at 46th in its list of the top 100 British films. In 2005 it was named in the BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14.
- ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (1992). David Lean. H. N. Abrams, Inc. p. 77-79. ISBN 978-0-8109-2507-6.
- ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 354. Income is in terms of producer's share of receipts.