General Film Distributors (UK)
Directed by David Lean
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Criterion Collection)
Orphan Twist, mistreated by his new foster family, runs away to London and takes up with a gang of children. They are trained by an old Jewish man named Fagin to become pickpockets. While being trained, Twist is chased down by a mob and arrested. Eventually cleared, he is adopted by the kindly older, wealthy gentleman who witnessed what happened. However, his happiness is short lived when he is sent on an errand and kidnapped by his old gang of pickpockets. A reward is offered for his return, leading to the murder of a prostitute who knows his whereabouts. Public outrage leads to a mob which hunts down those responsible and reunites Twist with his real grandfather. Lean's adaptation of the classic Dickens story is atmospheric and well-mounted. Alec Guinness gives a virtuoso performance as Fagin and is practically unrecognizable under heavy make up.
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