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.

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Cast

Richard Dreyfuss

Fagin

Elijah Wood

The Artful Dodger

David O'Hara

Bill Sikes

Alex Trench

Oliver Twist

Maria Charles

Widow Corney

Des Braiden

Magistrate

Lisa Dwan

Agnes

Ned Dennehy

Prosecutor

Alan Devlin

Doctor