Double bill of musicals about lovable orphans. ´Oliver!´ (1968) is a musical version of the classic Dickens tale.
Young orphan Oliver (Mark Lester) suffers under a harsh regime at the workhouse run by Mr Bumble (Harry Secombe).
He manages to escape, and, after meeting a friendly pickpocket known as the Artful Dodger (Jack Wild), joins a gang of street thieves operated by the disreputable Fagin (Ron Moody).
Although happy with his new friends, Oliver takes a dislike to Fagin´s violent and aggressive colleague, Bill Sykes (Oliver Reed).
In John Huston´s 1981 screen version of the Broadway musical ´Annie´ (based on the long-running comic strip ´Little Orphan Annie´), Annie (Aileen Quinn) lives a miserable life in an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan (Carol Burnett).
A chance of escape and happiness comes Annie´s way when she meets billionaire ´Daddy´ Warbucks (Albert Finney), but Hannigan and her colleagues are determined to get the girl back.