---
title: 'Oliver Twist (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Lean'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/oliver-twist-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040662/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Oliver Twist (1948)

1948 · 112 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Lean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lean)
- **Screenplay:** [David Lean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lean)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Arnold Bax](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-bax)
- **Producer:** [Ronald Neame](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-neame), [Anthony Havelock-Allan](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-havelock-allan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Guy Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-green)
- **Editor:** [Jack Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-harris)

## Cast

- [Ralph Truman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-truman)
- [Anthony Newley](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-newley)
- [Henry Stephenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-stephenson)
- [Kathleen Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-harrison)
- [Alec Guinness](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-guinness)
- [John Howard Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-howard-davies)
- [Josephine Stuart](https://cinepixo.com/people/josephine-stuart)
- [Maurice Denham](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-denham)
- [Edie Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/edie-martin)
- [Francis L. Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-l-sullivan)
- [Peter Bull](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-bull)
- [Diana Dors](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-dors)
- [Amy Veness](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-veness)
- [Kay Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-walsh)
- [Robert Newton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-newton)

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