| For Polanski portrays the fence Fagin and his gang of children who steal silk handkerchiefs, pocket watches and wallets in a far more sympathetic light than the authorities. |
| He is a developing actor who should stick to playing the Artful Dodger for now, and leave Fagin to his elders and betters. |
| In the film Oliver's attempt to get Fagin to pray is overwhelmed by the emotional intensity of Fagin's sense of parting from the young orphan he took in. |
| Without going overboard on the bent-backed, swivel-eyed cackling often brought to the character, his Fagin is believably unscrupulous and self-serving. |
| In that way of business, rejoined Fagin, and so are the people of the house. |
| Fagin, Sykes and Dodger use much more Dickensian language and pepper their sentences with thieves' cant. |
