Oliver! is a 1968 British period musical drama film based on Lionel Bart's 1960 stage musical of the same name, itself an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1838 novel Oliver Twist. Directed by Carol Reed from a screenplay by Vernon Harris, the picture includes such musical numbers as "Food, Glorious Food", "Consider Yourself", "As Long as He Needs Me", "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two", and "Where Is Love?". It stars Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, and Mark Lester in the title role. Filmed at Shepperton Film Studio in Surrey, it was a Romulus production by John Woolf and was distributed internationally by Columbia Pictures.
MPAA Rating: | G |
Genre: | Drama, Family, Musical |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Produced By: | John Woolf |
Directed By: | Carol Reed |
Written By: | Vernon Harris, Lionel Bart, Charles Dickens |
Cast: | Harry Secombe, Jeffrey Chandler, Fred Emney, Megs Jenkins, Leonard Rossiter, Roy Evans, Shani Wallis, Jack Haig, Joseph O'Conor, Kim Smith, Mark Lester, Elaine Paige, John Baskcomb, Terence Donovan, Edwin Finn, Norman Mitchell, Norman Pitt, Dido Plumb, Billy Smith, Jim Machin, Elizabeth Knight, Robert Langley, Peggy Mount, Keith Roberts, Anthony Kemp, Harry Fielder, Robert Bartlett, Oliver Reed, Ian Ramsey, Ronnie Johnson, Kenneth Cranham, Peter Hoare, Hylda Baker, Hugh Griffith, Ron Moody, Arnold Locke, Nosher Powell, James Hayter, Jack Wild, Sheila White, Frank Crawshaw, Wensley Pithey |
In Theaters: | Sep 27, 1968 |
Runtime: | 2 hours 33 minutes |
Production: | Romulus Films, Warwick Film Productions |
Budget: | $10,000,000 |
Box Office: | $16,800,000 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |