Oliver Twist
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When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1916-12-10
Runtime: 50 mins
Director: James Young
Writer: James Young, Winthrop Ames
Spoken language: No Language
Genres: Drama
Original title: Oliver Twist
Production Companies: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Production Countries: United States of America
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