About this title: The second of director David Lean's adaptations of a Charles Dickens novel (Great Expectations (1946) was the first), Oliver Twist expertly boils down an enormous novel to a little less than two hours' screen time. The film begins with baby Oliver left on the doorstep of an orphanage/workhouse by his unwed mother. Proving a difficult charge to the wicked orphanage official, Oliver (John Howard Davies) is sold into a job as an undertaker's apprentice. He runs away and joins a gang of larcenous street urchins, led by master pickpocket Fagin (Alec Guinness). Oliver is rescued from this life by ...
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Description: New. 037429128121 Brand new and factory sealed! We sell no bootlegs or imports. Buy with confidence! You WILL receive your item QUICKLY! read more
Description: New. 037429128121 Brand new and factory sealed! We sell no bootlegs or imports. Buy with confidence! You WILL receive your item QUICKLY! read more
Description: Newton, Robert. Good in good packaging. 26/01/2000 VHS is in PAL format (not compatible in NTSC only VCR players). Dispatched same day from warehouse, VHS in good or better condition. read more
Description: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, John Howard Davies. Run time: 116 mins. Originally released: 1948. Few minor & short scratches & tiny spots. SAME artwork. Taiwan released. Worldwide playable. Original English. Hidden English & Chinese subtitle. Original DVD jewel case. Legal with bar code. Watched once. Bubble wrap guarantee. First-Class Mail + free... read more
Description: Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, John Howard Davies, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, Anthony Newley, Henry Stephenson. Very good in good packaging. 1948 Run time: 116. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 1
Studio: Criterion
Date: 01/12/1999
UPC:037429128121
Description: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, John Howard Davies. New. 1951 Run time: 116. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
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