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Oliver Twist is a 1948 British film and the second of David Lean's two film adaptations of Charles Dickens novels. Following his 1946 version of Great Expectations, Lean re-assembled much of the same team for his adaptation of Dickens' 1838 novel, including producers Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan, cinematographer Guy Green, designer John Bryan and editor Jack Harris.
Robert Guy Newton (1 June 1905 – 25 March 1956) was an English actor. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the more popular actors among the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially with British boys. [2] Known for his hard-living life, he was cited as a role model by the actor Oliver Reed and the Who's drummer ...
Robert Newton first played Sikes on screen in the 1948 British film noir Oliver Twist. Sikes's death is changed slightly: while attempting to swing to another building to escape the mob, he is shot by a police officer and dies while dangling from a building by a rope around his body.
The British drama film Oliver Twist based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name and starring Alec Guinness, Robert Newton and John Howard Davies premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London. [48]
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens.It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and as a three-volume book in 1838. [1]
Oliver Twist: David Lean: Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Kay Walsh, John Howard Davies: Literary drama: Number 46 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films: One Night with You: Terence Young: Nino Martini, Patricia Roc: Musical: Penny and the Pownall Case: Slim Hand: Peggy Evans, Diana Dors: Drama: A Piece of Cake: John Irwin: Cyril Fletcher ...
30 years after its release, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, and more recall the set of Oliver Stone's explosive film.
One Touch of Venus, starring Robert Walker and Ava Gardner; Oliver Twist, ... September 26 – Olivia Newton-John, British-born Australian actress and singer (d. 2022)