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.

Richard Dreyfuss
as Fagin

Elijah Wood
as The Artful Dodger

David O'Hara
as Bill Sikes

Alex Trench
as Oliver Twist

Antoine Byrne
as Nancy

Olivia Caffrey
as Rose Maylie

Anthony Finigan
as Mr. Brownlow

Maria Charles
as Widow Corney

Des Braiden
as Magistrate

Eileen Colgan
as Mrs. Bedwin