Some of you might be familiar with the novel . .
It has been put on screen quite a few times . .
This is an interesting movie version of the novel . .
Top-class actors . .
George C. Scott , Tim Curry , Timothy West etc . .
The plot once again . .
An orphant boy grows up in 19th century England . . in a workhouse . .
The legendary scene . .
At the age of 9 he is being transferred to start a training at a local craftsman ( the parished undertaker )
He is not well received there , runs away , heading for London . .
There he meets the Artful Dodger ( nickname ) , a member of the youth gang of a old jew , named Fagin . .
He becomes a member of his gang and also encounters Bill Sykes and his girlfriend , Nancy . .
. .who make deals with the old jew . .
One day a man calling himself 'Monks' visits Fagin , showing interest in Oliver . .
At his fist 'job' out with Bill Sykes , Oliver blows it and lands in the home of a family called the Brownlows . .
They more or less adopt him . .
Yet the interest of the man called 'Monks' in Oliver still won't decrease . .
He tries to hire Fagin for a job to kill Oliver , who , as Monks reveals , is his half-brother who inherited what is rightfully Oliver's . .
As it happens , Nancy , returning from the pub , has overheard the two who tries to impede it . .
Both Fagin and Sykes find out about her grassing up . .
She is killed by Sykes in revenge . .
It turns out that Monks' true identity is revealed and Brownlow finds out about his motives. .
Fagin is being arrested , awaiting the gallows . .
Sykes kills himself by accident trying to flee from people who wish to put him to justice. .
In the end the plot by Monks is discovered and he also is sent to jail . .
In the end Oliver gets his inheritance . . .
I never bothered to read the novel yet the plot is interesting . . Set in old England , dealing with an orphan boy practically going through 'all the risks of life' . .
One of Dickens' best works IMO. .
The movie is very rare yet you can watch it here online . .