Oliver!
Date: 1968
Director: Carol Reed
Production Company: Romulus Films, Warwick Film Productions
Stars: Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester, Jack Wild
Location(s): Oxfordshire, Surrey
Region(s): South East M-Q
Storyline:
A young boy runs away from an orphanage and becomes involved with a gang of boys working as pickpockets.
Additional Information:
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When he runs away from Mr. Sowerberry, Oliver (Mark Lester) finds himself cold and wet as he sets out for London.
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- 15 Apr 2020
After spending the night in a hay barn, the young boy waits at the roadside as a heavily laden cart approaches. Johnny Parker identifies this as Britwell Hill, which rises up from the village of Britwell Salome in Oxfordshire.
Johnny proves the location with this view of the hill now.
- Capture 3
- 15 Apr 2020
Oliver climbs onto the back of the cart and is carried away to the Capital. Britwell Hill in Oxfordshire located by Johnny Parker. The location can also be seen in 'The Fast Lady', 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' and 1970's 'Scrooge'.
Living locally, Johnny knows the hill well and often cycles up it when he feels like a challenge. The average gradient is 9% and the local cycle club also use it for their hill climbing challenges.
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Towards the end of the film, Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) holds onto Oliver as he leads him to commit a burglary. Confirmed by David Burns as Littleton Park House at Shepperton Studios in Littleton, Surrey.