---
title: 'Oliver & Company (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Scribner'
released: '1988-11-18'
runtime_minutes: 72
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/oliver-company-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095776/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Oliver & Company (1988)

1988 · G · 72 min · Adventure, Music, Comedy, Family · United States

Part of: Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film

## Synopsis

Oliver & Company is a 1988 American animated musical comedy drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and inspired by the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. It was directed by George Scribner and written by Jim Cox, Tim Disney, and James Mangold. In the film, Oliver is a homeless kitten who joins a gang of dogs to survive in the streets. Among other changes, the setting of the film was relocated from 19th-century London to late 1980s and early 1990s New York City, Fagin's gang is made up of dogs, and Sykes is a loan shark.

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Scribner](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-scribner)
- **Screenplay:** [James Mangold](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mangold), [Kirk Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirk-wise), [Gary Trousdale](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-trousdale), [Kevin Lima](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-lima), [Jim Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-cox), [Tim Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-disney)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Barry Manilow](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-manilow), [Rubén Blades](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-blades), [Dan Hartman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-hartman), [Barry Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-mann), [Rob Minkoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-minkoff)

## Cast

- [Joey Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/joey-lawrence) as Oliver
- [Billy Joel](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-joel) as Dodger
- [Cheech Marin](https://cinepixo.com/people/cheech-marin) as Tito
- [Richard Mulligan](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-mulligan) as Einstein
- [Roscoe Lee Browne](https://cinepixo.com/people/roscoe-lee-browne) as Francis
- [Sheryl Lee Ralph](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheryl-lee-ralph) as Rita
- [Dom DeLuise](https://cinepixo.com/people/dom-deluise) as Fagin
- [Taurean Blacque](https://cinepixo.com/people/taurean-blacque) as Roscoe
- [Carl Weintraub](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-weintraub) as Desoto
- [Robert Loggia](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-loggia) as Bill Sykes
- [Natalie Gregory](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalie-gregory) as Jenny
- [William Glover](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-glover) as Winston
- [Bette Midler](https://cinepixo.com/people/bette-midler) as Georgette
- [Deborah Gates](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-gates)
- [Kaleena Kiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaleena-kiff)

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/oliver-and-company
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/oliver-company-1988
Film facts: Wikidata (Q216929); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.