Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist (1974)

An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.

Date of release
1974-07-10
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Animation, Drama, Family
Director
Hal Sutherland

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist is a 1974 American animated adventure musical comedy drama film directed by Hal Sutherland that is based on Charles Dickens's 1838 novel of the same name. The film was the second and last to be produced by Filmation and distributed by Warner Bros. Davy Jones, who played The Artful Dodger in the original Broadway production of Oliver!, reprises his role.

Production

The film was announced to be produced in mid-January 1972, as part of Family Classics, a series of films based on concepts in the public domain commissioned by Warner Bros. Production for the film and Treasure Island had been finished by late 1973. The film's budget amounted to $1,050,000, with the million given by Warner Bros., and the rest put in by the studio itself.

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