Oliver Reed as Bill Sykes is one of the great film villains of all time.

I think this character was one of my earliest childhood heroes. I was mesmerised by how beautiful and charismatic Nancy was, I wanted to be just like her. Back then I didn't really understand that she lived in poverty and misery and her dress was torn, when I always thought it was a really fine gown. When I got older and realised she became even more of an inspiration. Fabulous performance, wonderful character.

'Bill, do you love me?' 'I live wit' ya, don I?!' And they say romance is dead. xD

Bill Sykes eats his soup off a knife. He's so extra.

"you can always cover one until he blacks the other one but you don't dare cry". Such a tragic lyric and a window into what many women's lives were/are.

This is a song about total denial of her abused condition. I read the novel, "Oliver Twist" and this song very well captures the essence of how Nancy felt about her circumstances. She's an abused woman in an extremely toxic relationship with one of the most horrible human beings in 1830s London. She knows other people have better lives, but she's content with her's and this leads to her tragic fate.

Bill's like, "All I wanted was a place to eat my soup and drink my beer after a hard day's worth of thieving, and you just HAVE to sing in my face now, don't you?"

She choreographed a whole production number for him and he couldn't care less...

This is one of the most touching AND depressing songs. She sings about a huge list of problems, thinks wistfully on all the things she'll never have (money, security, a future, respect, a husband or even a boyfriend who actually loves her)... but if you forget all that, then everything's just fine!

Oliver Reed still manages to steal the scene! Such charisma.

It's always shit me up how Bill eats his soup off of a knife. You can just tell that was a conscious decision, because just with that action alone, he sets the standard for not to be fucked with.

Bill Sikes is such a good villain, he’s that character you love to hate and hate to love. The fact he isn’t giving any attention to his own wife, or any of the others in the tavern, really shows that he doesn’t give a shit, and cements his hateful personality, not to mention how Oliver Reed was straight up amazing as him, when reading the original Oliver Twist book, he was exactly what I imagined. I don’t like Bill himself, but he’s written and preformed amazingly here

Shani Wallis is beyond brilliant. The best actress in any musical film. Her ability to explore every lyric, feeling, and moment makes us understand everything about this tragic and lovable character in just one song.

If you don't mind slaving just to scrape by, it's a fine life. Though your supervisor's younger than your grandkids, it's a fine life.

One of my favourite musicals ever and I used to love this song for being soo up beat and cheerful..... until I realised the words "you can always cover one till he blacks the other one, but you dont dare cry!!" But it makes this song all the more powerful making a cheerful song with the lyrics of an awful life.

I simply love and adore Shani Wallis she is AMAZING as Nancy. So beautiful too

Oliver Reed plays menacing characters so well. In a scene where he's in it in glimpses he portrays the nastiness of the character brilliantly.

I googled Shani Wallis (Nancy) out of curiosity and she's 35 in this! Who would have known! So beautiful

Shani will always be the best Nancy. More recent "Oliver" adaptations may be more accurate, but Shani will always be the best.

Today would be Oliver Reeds birthday. (RIP sir) Thanks for scaring the crap out of me as a kid! (And still....)

Fed the dog from the same spoon- pure class.

sigh... Nancy is really optimistic... Especially when she sings oom pah pah.... :(

Hilarious how Nancy serves and, along with the whole bar, sings for Bill, he just sits there and hardly pays any attention to them XD

One of the finest musicals ever done!

You can really identify with this song if you grew up very poor, like myself.

Shani Wallis (Nancy) is so pretty here! :) AND a really good singer too!

A great scene from a great movie.

I really wish we could've seen more of Beth she seemed so kind on the scenes she was in.

This film and this song in particular always remind me of my childhood, I’m from the East End and of course conditions were not like they were in Dickens times, but the culture was still very much intact.

Please never delete this video. I need it more than most

shani Wallis sing so beautifully. I wish I could sing like her😧

It's just so goddamn heartbreaking. And she sings it beautifully. Every inflection, every gesture, is perfect. Full of intention. Bravo.

No words spoken, gestures only and eats soup with a knife. One bad dude and height of excellence in acting.

I get the tickles when she looks at him and says when you got someone to love its almost like its real between them.

Her voice at the end gave me chills. :)

I loved watching this when I was younger at Christmas time with my dad! 27 years old now time has flown by!!!!

the dramatic shift in mood for "it's a fine.....life" at 3:40 is one of the most heartbreaking deliveries of any line I've ever seen performed

2:07 - "Aw, sharrap Nancy, I'm troyin' a' drink me point!"

Nancy is my favorite character in the musical. she reminds me of me. my life is tough sometimes, but I always have the philosophy that things can get better

I loved this when I was little!!! 2:29 was my favorite part of the song I had to look for this song just for it :) I remember dancing in front of the telly while my family shuffled around and grumbled trying to see the screen!

"Dont have to sin to eat" Oh Nancy, the loveliest and most tragic character. I don't think any other cast could be as perfect as Shani Wallis, Ron Moody and Oliver Reed. Oliver Reed has that brutal masculinity that is quite rare to see now - strikes fear with a glare. Shani Wallis portrays Nancy as having that rough round the edges but fundamentally feminine and gentle quality, being strong for the situation she's in. Nancy is a wonderful character to highlight how horrible sex work is - how it doesn't matter if the person you have paid or you're watching online is smiling - they could full well be a Nancy stuck in poverty, bought up in abuse and down trodden by society - and deserving oh so much more! Nancy gives her all in the end to prove that.

Small pleasures, that's really all, Nancy's ever got... This is just wonderful, i love this movie a lot!! All these amazing actors and Dickens immortal story, great!

I recently watched this film for the first time. Nancy made the whole story for me. Yes, Bill Sykes scared me and Oliver charmed me and Fagin intrigued me and Dodger warmed my heart (even as a pickpocket), but Nancy - and Bullseye - blew my mind, and broke my heart! This film is so special! What a great story! I'm so glad I saw it. Maybe others can speak where I'm speechless, because I'm too much in love with this production to complain. Or maybe it's late and I'm wasted, you decide. 🤪

ONE OF MY FAVIORTE SONGS IN THE MUSICAL

"if you don't mind having to go without things, it's a fine ‪life‬!" i've loved this movie since 2nd grade. as i grow older, the message of this book and musical rings true to me more than ever. #life #live #TheLord

Greatest ever musical.

Bill Sykes? man he scared us as kids, Oliver Reed he was a fantastic actor and Shani you were always fantastic. Amazing how you never forget these songs into adulthood .

He never deserved her. She was far too young, pretty and good for him

I love Shani Wallis, and Oliver Reed very good looking man in my opinion

I have always loved the beautiful extremely talented actress, singer dancer Shani Wallis! Shani Wallis should have won the golden globe award, the Academy Award, the BATFTA award for best actress for her brilliant portrayal of Nancy in the 1968 classic movie Oliver! I was born in 1978. The 1968 movie Oliver! is one of my all-time favorite movies! It is perfect! It should be Dame Sahani Wallis! Thank you for posting and sharing this classic movie clip!

Oliver Reed was the perfect Bill Syke. He was actually quiet like Bill in real life and his menacing looks were the best ever.

This song brings back such good memories of when I played nancy in February. I was nowhere near as amazing as Shani Willis was but I loved every second of it :') miss it loads now though!

my school is doing oliver and i hope i get nancy's part

Saw this on Turner Classic Movies two days ago, one of my all-time favorite movie musicals :-) Thanks for the upload (and the subtitles too. Makes it a pleasure to watch over and over again).

A great British film with some even greater songs...............

"You can always cover one till he blacks the other one, but you don't dare cry". Brilliant. A lyric like that would never be allowed these days. It was always my favourite bit to sing as a kid

Would love to find out who all the other singers/actors in this excellent scene.i saw that as a 10 yr old and loved it ever since. A relative worked on it in 1967..was responsible for building the sets and scene set up.

Love how he just taps the guy at the beginning without having to say a word to basically say "fucking move"

Theee best musical ever!!!!

We done a magic of the musicals-a mix of all famous musicals

I was just casted in my school's play as Nancy and I am so excited! :) I love this character and all of her songs they are just perfect for my voice!

Shani Wallis did a great job as Nancy. Thank you for uploading this song

Great actor he was :)

Shani Wallis is very talented and has a voice of gold!

When Oliver Reed appears with his shadow that is an awesome entrance...

I did Oliver in 10th grade,around about 04-05 time frame. Just hearing the songs from this musical brings me back to such great memories. Oh how I wish sometimes I long to be back in high school.

love this song

Shani Wallace lights up the screen in her portrayal of the abused Nancy. This sequence cleverly tells Nancy's story at the same time showcasing Shani's singing talent.

This my all time Favorite Movie...

I can remember as a little kid I watched this movie and started crying when Nancy died.

AMEN!!!!💯💯💯💯💯IF YOU DON'T MIND HAVING TO GO WITHOUT THINGS IT'S A FINE LIFE YES IT IS!!!

"Though it sometimes touches me... for the likes as such as me..."

My third favourite Nancy song very cheerful

Such tragic lyrics, 'fine airs and fine graces, don't have to sin to eat'. It's sad to think so many people lived with the false choice between starvation and hell.

Classic!! :') so powerful tho this song ironically it gets to me so much all of nancy parts and songs they all played their parts perfectly no one can replace them! Tru talent story the acting and the fact that the actors can sing so perfectly with emotion

ever since I saw this movie for the first time with my family 30 years ago (I was 7 years old then) I always admired Nancy's personality. in spite of how young I was I loved her character. she must not have had an easy life. like Oliver she probably never had the love of a mother or father or a loving home. I suspect she was abused by Bill Sykes and she probably grew up with Fagan and his gang. but she was always very content with life. I wish that things could have ended up more happier for her. I always thought that if Nancy had come out of this thing alive Oliver's great uncle would have considered taking Nancy into his home and give her a new life. she could have helped Oliver's great uncle and his housekeeper raise Oliver.

Love this movie-fagin and dodger are my favorite characters. :)

Bill sykes has always reminded me off my dad! X

this really helped with my play

the foreshadowing at 2:21 - 2:28 is subtle yet jarring at the same exact time

Sykes is dumb for taking 1) Hot girlfriend 2) Home/bed to stay in 3) Food and gin For granted! :P

Now THAT'S a nice introduction to our villain!

Nancy’s my favourite character in the musical and the novel.

Lyrics: Small pleasures, small pleasures Who would deny us these? (Not me) Gin toddies, large measuress No skimpin' if you please I rough it I love it Life is a game of chance I never tire of it Leading this merry dance If you don't mind having to go without things It's a fine life (fine life) Tho' it ain't all jolly old pleasure outings It's a fine life (fine life) When you got someone to love You'd forget your cares and strife Let the prudes look down on us Let the wide world frown on us It's a fine fine life Who cares if straightlaces sneer at us in the street? A fine air and fine grace don't have to sin to eat We wander through London Who knows what we many find? There's pockets left undone On many a behind If you don't mind taking it as it turns out It's a fine life (fine life) Keep the candle burning until it burns out It's a fine life (fine life) Though you sometimes do come by The occasional black eye You can always cover one While he blacks the other one But you don't dare cry No flounces, no feathers No frills and furbelows All winds and all weathers Ain't good for fancy clo'es Ah, these trappings These ta'ers These we can just afford What future? What ma'ers? We've got our bed and board If you don't mind having to deal with fagin It's a fine life (fine life) Although diseased rats threaten to bring the plague in It's a fine life (fine life) But the grass is green and dense On the right side of the 'fence' And we take good care of it That we get our share of it And we don't mean pence If you don't mind having to like or lump it It's a fine life (fine life) Althought there's no tea-supping and eating crumpet It's a fine life (fine life) Not for me The happy home Happy husband Happy wife Tho' it sometimes touches me For the likes of such as me Mine's a fine fine life!

I love this movie! All of the performances are brilliant!

I love it!

top movie i even got the limited edtion dvd wiv its quiz and got full score..lol R.I.P ollie

some people might call Nancy "a complicated character." and not be able to sympathize with her situation very well. after all, she was responsible for dragging Oliver back to fagins and was loyal to Bill Sykes until her sad ending. however ever since I was a kid, I knew she did not have much choice. I always wondered about Nancy's life story: perhaps like Oliver she grew up without a father or mother and had lived a life of poverty for years.

Omg I love Nancy's voice

It’s strange how strangers like Nancy more then her own boyfriend

When this was on Bway back in 1964 one of my friends was in the show.

Just noticed that Bill eats his soup with his knife. A little touch but it fits so well with his character.

I never thought much about this when I was a kid what's now that I am a lot older I realize that Nancy's philosophy is just like mine. my life can be tough sometimes but I always have a positive attitude but things will go right in the end.

Please, Bill, no violence!!!!

I love how Nancy returnes the wallet to a man 🤩 shows she wasn't like Bill from the beginning

FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THIS SONG AND OUM-PAH-PAH ARE TWO OF MY FAVIORTE SONGS FROM THE MUSICAL

She's still alive, she's 90

my school is doing a production of oliver and im Mrs Sowerberry (the undertakers wife) and Bet (Nancy's best friend)

my niece is doing a play for the film and she wants to be Nancy,so I have to help her practice the songs and line for her 😍

luv dis song it is amazing and Shani Wallis is amamzing