Oliver Twist is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by William J. Cowen. It is the earliest sound version of Charles Dickens’s novel of the same name. It stars Dickie Moore as Oliver, Irving Pichel as Fagin, Doris Lloyd as Nancy, and William “Stage” Boyd as Bill Sikes. Pichel played Fagin without resorting to any mannerisms which could be construed as offensive.

Released by Monogram Pictures, the film was made on an extremely low budget. It never really achieved much success and was out of circulation for many years, but resurfaced on television in the 1980s.

Plot
An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.

Cast
Dickie Moore as Oliver Twist
Irving Pichel as Fagin
William “Stage” Boyd as Bill Sikes
Doris Lloyd as Nancy Sikes
Alec B. Francis as Mr. Brownlow
Barbara Kent as Rose Maylie
Sonny Ray as The Artful Dodger
George K. Arthur as Toby Crackit
George Nash as Charles Bates
Clyde Cook as Chitfing
Lionel Belmore as Mr. Bumble
Tempe Pigott as Mrs. Corney
Nelson McDowell as Sowerberry
Virginia Sale as Mrs. Sowerberry
Harry Holman as Grimwig
Bobby Nelson as Noah Claypole