The streets of Victorian England come to life as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance among petty thieves and pickpockets led by Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft that he did not commit, the benevolent victim takes him in. Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sykes to kidnap him back. Oliver! is one of the most beloved family musicals of all time.