If 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to consult his cruel taskmaster,'' Mr. Bumbleto get a 2nd portion of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that gloomy fate Oliver falls in with the road urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's wicked henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.