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