Oliver!
“Much much more than a musical!”
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
42 people
Ron Moody
Fagin
Known for
The Twelve Chairs
Murder Most Foul
Shani Wallis
Nancy
Known for
The Great Mouse Detective
A King in New York
Oliver Reed
Bill Sikes
Known for
Gladiator
The Brood
Harry Secombe
Mr. Bumble
Known for
The Bed Sitting Room
Mark Lester
Oliver
Known for
Melody
The Prince and the Pauper
Jack Wild
The Artful Dodger
Known for
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Melody
Joseph O'Conor
Mr. Brownlow
Known for
Gorgo
The Gorgon
Peggy Mount
Mrs. Bumble
Also in
Ladies Who Do
The Naked Truth
Hylda Baker
Mrs. Sowerberry
Known for
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Megs Jenkins
Mrs. Bedwin
Known for
The Innocents
Murder Most Foul
Leonard Rossiter
Sowerberry
Known for
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
James Hayter
Mr. Jessop
Known for
The Crimson Pirate
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Carol Reed Director · Vernon Harris Screenplay Charles Dickens Author
Worldwide gross $37M · Budget $10M · United States release December 10, 1968
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$37,400,000
Gross vs. budget
3.7×
Production
Warwick Film Productions
Production
Romulus Films
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio · Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Denmark · September 26, 1968
Theatrical
United Kingdom · September 26, 1968
Theatrical
United States · December 10, 1968
Theatrical
Brazil
May 31, 2007 · TV · Sony
Czechia
December 2, 2005 · Digital
Finland
September 26, 1968 · Theatrical
France
December 11, 1968 · Theatrical
Germany
December 18, 1968 · Theatrical
Hungary
December 9, 1971 · Theatrical
Ireland
December 27, 1968 · Theatrical
Japan
October 5, 1968 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 19, 1968 · Theatrical
July 1, 2007 · Physical · DVD
April 13, 2009 · TV · RTL 7
June 26, 2013 · Physical · Blu ray
Poland
April 1, 1971 · Theatrical
Portugal
December 11, 1968 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 1, 1971 · Theatrical
Spain
August 30, 1977 · Theatrical · ICAA 349651
Sweden
September 26, 1968 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 25, 1976 · TV · BBC One
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