dickie moore ( of little rascal fame ) star a dicken most famous orphan in one of monogram studio attempt at turn out the classic of literature . compress the story down to 70 minute this be a real mixed bag that doesn not really work . the problem be in the casting which be a mess . dickie moore look too good a oliver ( his hair be way too neat for a start ) and unfortunately he can not act . his performance consist mainly of look where ever he direct not react to whats happen around him . it may have work in the little rascal but here be awful . the artful dodger and his band of kid be now a band of college age reprobate try to be much young . william stage boyd a bill sykes be mostly over the top thanks to a script that make him a bit too manic and menacing . irving pitchell a fagin be okay to start but he slide into wide eyed silliness at the end . it watchable and but it far from good . if you want to see a film version of the story i would go with one of the other version .