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Oliver!

Name: Oliver!
Director: Carol Reed
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: 1968-09-26
Cast: Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Mark Lester

DramaFamily

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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Cast

Ron MoodyShani WallisOliver ReedHarry SecombeMark LesterJack WildJoseph O'ConorPeggy MountHylda BakerMegs JenkinsLeonard RossiterJames Hayter

Director

Carol Reed

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