Oliver Twist, an innocent and near-starving young orphan, flees from the workhouse to the streets of London and is befriended by the Artful Dodger who introduces him to a gang of street urchins and their unsavory leader. Suddenly Oliver finds himself caught up in a world of pick-pocketing and criminal activity until one night his life is turned around by the kindness of one of his victims. Unfortunately, as the villains he thought he had left behind decide that he must be silenced at any cost.