Lionel Bart's musical of Dickens's Oliver Twist was a huge stage hit and became an equally big-screen smash. With all these wonderful songs and vigorous playing from the top-notch cast, it's a national treasure. Ron Moody as Fagin, Shani Wallis as Nancy and Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes, Mark Lester as Oliver and Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger all etch themselves into the heart. A wonderful-looking movie, it fully deserves its five Oscars (Best Film, Director, Musical Score, Art Direction and Sound plus an honorary award for choreographer Onna White.

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