What a strange choice to jettison major fundamental plot elements, and yet depict this scene so faithfully. The only thing the film makers got right is the final, disturbing scene between Fagin and Oliver in the jail house. Nancy (Doris Lloyd) is the only truly sympathetic character in this movie, but you never believe that she wouldn't just leave Bill Sykes and the gang, because this Bill is a pale shadow of the vicious, threatening presense that is supposed to have complete power over her. Dickie Moore and the script convey none of this, so it's really hard to root for Oliver. Monks) are actively trying to destroy him. We're supposed to root for Oliver because he is noble, and because evil forces (including the missing Mr. The whole point of Oliver's character is that he HAS been through all these things all his life, and yet refuses to become one of Fagin's thieves. As soon as he opens his mouth you know this boy has never been beaten, never gone hungry, never been cold and friendless and desperate. Dickie Moore, acting like a plucky male Shirley Temple, is horribly miscast as Oliver. Second, the acting ranges from terrible to barely adequate. So much for dramatic tension and character development. Scenes where Brownlow witnesses, and then rescues, Oliver from the abusive police and courts are eliminated, so we don't understand why Brownlow takes an interest in the boy, or why the boy trusts Brownlow. But most important of all, gone is Oliver's nemesis Monks, the man whose whole future rests on ruining Oliver's life. Gone is undertaker Sowerberry and his sadistic family, who do their best to break Oliver's spirit. Bumble, who know the truth of Oliver's parentage.
It leaves out several major characters and episodes. First, it is a dreadful adaptation of the novel.
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