本片根据英国作家狄更斯1838年的名著《雾都孤儿》改编。 孤儿奥利弗（巴尼•克拉克 Barney Clark 饰）由教会抚养长大，9岁时被送去童工厂拣填絮，后被卖给棺材铺当学徒，屡受欺侮。奥利弗从棺材铺逃跑，步行七十英里到达伦敦，遇见小偷“机灵鬼”（哈利•伊登 Harry Eden 饰），并被收入犹太老头费金（本•金斯利 Ben Kinsley 饰）的盗窃团伙。奥利弗第一次出徒便被诬陷偷窃布朗罗...
A woman suffering from amnesia pieces together the events that led to her father's suicide, only to be haunted by the ghosts of children that she begins to suspect were murdered by him....
