the producer make a big mistake cast mark lester and who couldn not act or sing and in the title role . aside from his very bad acting and all of lester singing have to be dub by a girl . i do not know why they cast him at all and since there would have be so many boy who could have play the part infinitely well and do their own singing as well . shani wallis be far too old to play nancy and who be only suppose to be 16. the current west end version be so much good than the movie in every way . ross mccormack be the best artful dodger of all time and he be certainly far well look than jack wild ever be . it be clearly political to award this old fashioned musical so many oscar after the tumultuous event of 1968 .