Charles Dickens' classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London. After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London. Here he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads him to Fagin and his gang of pickpockets. When a thieving mission goes wrong, Oliver narrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind Mr Brownlow. But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search of the young orphan, determined to drag him back.

生まれ育った救貧院でも、徒弟として売られた葬儀屋でも、人間的な扱いを受けたことのない孤児オリバー。道端で会った気さくな少年が、ロンドンで住居や仕事を世話してくれる人物を紹介するというが...。苛酷な運命に翻弄される少年とそれを取り巻く人々をドラマチックに描く傑作。