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![Bill Sikes. Illustration by Harry Furniss for the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, from The Testimonial Edition, published 1910. Bill Sikes. Illustration by Harry Furniss for the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, from The Testimonial Edition, published 1910.](https://www.meisterdrucke.ie/kunstwerke/500px/Harry_Furniss_-_Bill_Sikes_Illustration_by_Harry_Furniss_for_the_Charles_Dickens_novel_Oliver_Tw_-_(MeisterDrucke-1454767).jpg)
Bill Sikes. Illustration by Harry Furniss for the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, from The Testimonial Edition, published 1910.
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OLIVER REED Portrait as Bill Sikes in OLIVER ! 1968 director CAROL REED musical by Lionel Bart adapted from novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Romulus Films / Warwick Film Productions /
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