The classic Charles Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.

When his mother dies after childbirth, the poor orphaned boy named Oliver Twist is taken in Mr Bumble's squalid workhouse to work his fingers to the bone. However, finding impossible to cope with this cruel and inhumane way of living, the nine-year-old fugitive seeks shelter in the home of the Jewish moneylender and leader of a London gang of young pickpockets, Fagin, only to reluctantly learn the tricks of the trade. Now, the ruthless thug, Bill Sikes, has a new lucrative job in mind about the wealthy Mr Brownlow's expensive silverware, and he needs innocent Oliver to carry out a challenging and equally dangerous task. Is this the beginning of Oliver's criminal life?—Nick Riganas