This scene haunted me when I was a kid, it just stuck in my head all these years.. the way he killed her behind the wall so you couldn’t see but you knew full well the horror of what he was doing to her...

The fact that Bullseye's loyalty is pretty wrecked when Bill kills Nancy makes the scene even more emotional. What is it about animals people???

One of the hardest scenes for me to watch in film history, the sound of Nancy screaming as Bill mauls her is absolutely horrifying.

Love the way the dog eventually betrays him.

This is the perfect analogy for abusive relationships, when you think about it. It's sometimes bearable, and you decide to stick with it "as long as he needs me". but the worse things get, the harder it gets, until you end up dead. This scene is so sickening. Nancy didn't deserve this.

this scene was always a disturbing one, but also heroic as Nancy loved Oliver like he was her own son, I think it was obvious when she set eyes on him that he was a special one. You also have to know that Victorian times were very different in those times!

In psychology, Bill Sikes is an example of a primary psychopath WITHOUT a narcissistic component. When he kills Nancy, he is initially surprised, then immediately worried about getting caught. He viewed Nancy as a means to an end - someone he could relax around and order around after pulling a job. He shed no tears for her and just wanted to escape the law in the end. No remorse. This was a strong scene in Oliver! (especially after the upbeat song bit prior to this)...

I remember watching this when I was like 7 and I was so shocked that a man or even anyone would beat someone to death! Poor Nancy

So sad! Nancy was amazing and deserved a happy ending! Soooo sad that her legs are still moving afterwards.

Nancy's bloodcurdling screams tells us more than a visual death scene ever will

The old man on the bridge certainly took his own sweet time to come down the stairs.

Reed was simply an incredible performer. His characters didn't have to say much, but he, as n artist, always had you hooked.

Did you know Nancy's death and character was based on a real person called Eliza Grimshaw who was murdered by her her abusive husband who slit her throat in her bedroom in 1836

i saw this when i was super young and was traumatized for a really long time because of it, the sounds of her screaming still scare me

As a kid, i got scared because of the way Oliver reacted to Bill bashing poor Nancy to death. The friend who he came to care for and cared for him was filled before him. Traumatising...

Hearing the score go into a bit of "where is love?" while they hug always makes my heart break a little. It's like they are ever so subtly telling you that whether he knows it or not Oliver found it in Nancy and vice versa.

A) Nancy loves Bill, so she'd never kill him. B) Bill is the kind of villain that beats first and asks questions later. C) He had a crow bar. Nothing beats a crow bar, pun unintended.

Always remember the story of a re-release on an anniversary of the film when Shani Wallis met a young fan who'd seen and when told "This lady played Nancy," threw her arms around the actress and cried.

This scene broke my heart as a kid and it still does. Poor Nancy

My choir class watched this just a couple of years ago and I remember crying my eyes out because I legit loved Nancy. She was my favorite character in the whole musical and just- Bill- W H Y-

If you listen carefully you can hear the melody for "where is love" woven into the music, it's especially noticeable at 1:00 when Oliver hugs Nancy. She really was like a mother to him, even died trying to fight off Bill to protect him :(

I too have always found the death of Nancy so harrowing; she never knew her own worth as a warm and decent human being, despite the degrading poverty into which she was born; Oliver is really a love story about Nancy and Oliver--not sexual, but maternal; she risks [and loses] her life to save that little boy. One thing I love is how Bull's Eye plainly gets his fill of Bill Sikes and rats him out to the coppers. I saw in later years that Sikes tries to kill poor old Bull's Eye, too; bastard!

My name is Nancy too. She was one of the first Nancy’s I ever knew. I just never met another Nancy in my life. However when I was a child watching this scene I didn’t know I was witnessing her murder. Breaks my heart as an adult to realize this is real for some women. It’s utterly heartbreaking

That's so sad!!! Poor Nancy. She was trying to save Oliver!!! That's just so sad

Oh, Nancy. If only there were someone out there who could actually love--nope, can't do it, too cruel!

What a fantastic actor oliver was.

I like how the dog is like "All shit this nigga is crazy, i'm out".

i was 8 watching this family musical in the theatre in 1968 and Nancy gets slaughtered! I was traumatized. I still hear Oom-Pah Pah and get spooked. It is not exactly a happy beer drinking song under the circumstances.

Was a 10yr old kid watching this in 68.bill scared me so bad i never ever talked to strangers.oliver reed,incredible actor

When I saw this as a very young child I could not distinguish "TV" death from the real thing. I remember I couldn't stop crying and feeling sad for a long time

This scene traumatized me, I still feel disturbed watching it as an adult today

I know they changed it from the book, but this scene is far superior than any other film/tv adaptation: the writing, directing, acting, score, cinematography... it’s perfect in the most horrific way. Shani is the ultimate Nancy.

This horrified me as a kid. A G+ rated film with an R18+ awful murder

I've never gotten over this scene. The first time I saw this in the theater as a boy I was STUNNED. A very disturbing scene within the context of this movie. Nothing prepares you for it and when it happens it is shocking.

I first saw this when I was 12, fell in love with Nancy and was traumatized when she was murdered. I hadn't read Oliver Twist, so I was shocked. I kept thinking "they can't kill her off!" What a great song to go out on though (Oom-Pah-Pah). A very suspenseful scene and a classic movie that I will always love.

Classic!! I always cried when she dies love all the actors esp nancy loved the story the acting songs singing talents everything!

Wow, I feel sorry for Oliver for hearing that, his face at 1:20

I remember watching this scene and it still sticks with me today.

I think part of what makes this sequence so scary is that Bill clearly regrets his actions, but he has no recourse but to see out what he’s done. It’s a real lesson, ultimately… he thought he was the big man and look where that got him.

Nancy is my favorite character poor Oliver he liked her😵😵

Always thought this was a very sad death that never gets its proper credit as sad scenes goes

Earlier in the movie Nancy had gone to Oliver's great-uncle and told him that Oliver was in danger but she would not give up Bill. Oliver's great uncle was on the bridge and saw what happened to Nancy. He then understood why Nancy was afraid. I always thought that if Nancy had come out of this thing alive Oliver's great uncle would have taken her into his home and she could have helped to raise Oliver.

The emotional state of this scene is unheard of

This scene made me very touched when Oliver hugged her but upset the fact that Bill hit her only because she was doing a good deed to make Oliver seek a better life. She died for his sake. Wonderful hero.

Super disturbing! Rated G? As a kid this movie left me depressed and traumatized. Honestly I wish I hadn't seen this while I was so young.

my drama teacher said her legs still moved because it is a kids movie and they did not what to scare any kids.

Very sad bit of the film

Tbh, when i first saw this i honestly thought her scream sounded oddly like a laugh which always confused me as a 6yr old, but watching it as an adult i realize it wasn't a laugh but an anguished cry of pain..... She honestly deserved better...

This part really frightened the F**KING life out of me made me cry as well poor Nancy Xx😢😢

God dog he loved Nancy Xx

this is very powerful, thank you for upload.

this is the ONLY scene in the film that i have to skip because it disturbs me horribly. it reminds me of my horror nightmares i had constantly for a year or two, hearing nancy's screams from bill reminds of my own screams in them, absolutely horrifying but well played!

Nancy had a really good heart! She didn't deserve to die like that. If she and Oliver went up the stairs of the bridge, her death would be avoided. She was so close with Oliver and used her good intentions to bring him home until Bill Sikes shows up out of the blue and killed her while Oliver watched. If i was Oliver in that situation, i would run like hell up the bridge, instead of being taken by Bill AGAIN!

This scene haunted me as well for many decades. Not a film for young children, as I was 9 at the time of its release. I have had a stutter since as a young boy, and always wondered if that scene contributed to it.

"Careful, Bill! Please, no violence!" -- This is quite different from the Fagin from the book. Honestly, I've always liked Ron's turn as Fagin. Although he's very much a scoundrel, he at least has a heart and a conscience. Nowhere nearly as psychopathic as Sikes.

The fact that this feels so horrific and graphic when, in reality, you don't see anything is a testament to how great this film is. Especially considering it follows such a bright and silly song as Oom Pah Pah, it shouldn't work as well as it does but everyone involved brought their A game and it's devistating

I remember watching this film in 7th grade and even now this scene clenches my chest. ( I’m 21 now Incase you’ve been wondering). This movie deserves more than it’s shown and has been given.

Sad trivia involving this scene: The director proposed that a Shirley Bassey play Nancy, a black Welsh singer, but it was rejected by Hollywood executives as Nancy is meant to be a sympathetic character and they were concerned audiences would not be as sympathetic to Nancy's death or her situation if her character was black given very heavy racial tensions going around. Very sad scene and sad background behind how it got to where it ended up.

At my primary school we watched the movie and the boys were confused why someone would do that and the girls were looking in horror. I will never forget the teachers' calm looks

Killing someone in front of a child inappropriate

And right before this she was having a wonderful time at the bar singing her heart out

That moment behind the wall lasted far longer in my mind as a child.

one of the saddest (and most underrated) scenes of musical theater. and film.

wow thanks for the video! im auditioning for Nancy in September and this helps me with the emotional acting! thank you!

I like how Sykes is shocked about what he did showing he didn’t want to kill her.

...............Rated G....holy shit.

I think this my first death I witnessed of a nice woman on screen as a kid and it gutted me. I was forever scared.

This scene so scared me when I was a kid

Does he hit her five times? Or do those dramatic beats just drown out what's happening for effect?

This scene was disturbing to watch because you knew what was happening even though you couldn’t see it. And her screams while Bill is beating her was terrifying. It’s stuck with since I first watched it 😢

She was nice and I cried when she died she was killed using a crowbar a sharp one to 😢

This scene traumatized me for months when I first watched this. I was 7.

I LOVED Nancy when I was a kid and dreaded this awful (but brilliant) scene every time I would watch the film… watching it now as an adult makes it even more awful… 1 because I know the film so well, I start to get a sense of foreboding as soon as Nancy visits Brownlow, as that’s what led to it… and then at the beginning of Oom Pah Pah is when my stomach really starts churning as I know it’s coming very soon. When Bullseye starts to bark then it’s all over😢 every time I watch I’m still willing Nancy to not stop at the bottom and direct Oliver up the steps, then stop to hug etc, I’m silently willing her every time to grab Oliver’s hand and RUN like the wind to the top of those steps, to the relative safety of being beside Brownlow and within eyesight of probably many other people - my thought process being that Bill would have found it a lot harder to drag her off and beat her to death right there on the spot if she’d been at a height on the top of the bridge where they could both be clearly seen. 2. It’s all the worst now because I see now that Nancy did this KNOWING what was coming to her - she knew he wouldn’t let her live if Oliver went missing and yet she still sacrificed her life for the little boy because it was the right thing to do. 😢 3. The fact she didn’t actually betray him as he believed. Bill killed her not even knowing she’d protected him at all costs while saving Oliver. He killed her thinking she’d led the ‘law’ to him when in fact it was only him who did that to himself by killing her!! If he’d not killed her then no one would have been looking for him. 4. I know he would have been no match for the much more streetwise (and more practiced in violence) Bill, but come ON, how could Brownlow just stand there and watch another man beat a woman to death right in front of him? Especially knowing it was happening BECAUSE she had helped HIM save Oliver :( 5. Finally, I know it’s graphic but ughhhh… the physical details that we see and hear of the murder - Nancy is still screaming right up until just before the final blow. And even several seconds after he’s left, SHES CLEARLY STILL ALIVE. Did anyone else see the way her legs are still rattling as she lies on the floor?😢😢😢😢 horrifying. Nancy is my all time favourite musical character - she deserved such a better ending😢 if only Brownlow could have also taken her in, in exchange for her selflessness and bravery in returning Oliver to him… he could maybe have given her lodging in his house in exchange for hiring her as a cleaner or a nanny for Oliver or something… that way Nancy would not only have survived and reached a better life, but also she and Oliver could have kept the special bond they’d created… remember Nancy was the first ‘mother’ figure Oliver EVER had until that point, and the ONLY human being who had been close to him and genuinely cared about him with no selfish motivations :( :(

Sadly I didn't even know what all these awesome musicals were when I was 7. And I saw the title of the video and I was like: "She DIES?"

For a g rated movie, this is the most disturbing scene i ever saw It still haunts everyone to this day and even for me

My mom always fast forwarded past this scene when I was a kid lol

This is one of the stupidest actions ever performed by a villain. Apart from me rising in anger for killing a woman I grew to like, as Nancy was a very good pure-hearted woman, killing her caused precisely THAT what Sikes wanted to prevent. Being caught. Nancy was not allowed to bring Oliver back only because Sikes feared Oliver might reveal his hiding place, but by grabbing Nancy her final scream was heard and as she was found dying (the fact she still moves her legs and feet shows she was still alive when she was found, most likely not for long, as he beat her pretty bad) betrays the act of violence and led the people to follow him. Letting Oliver be may (even if Oliver did talk) have given him much better chances. Fear and desperation can be pretty bad advisors sometimes.

--I saw Oliver in the movies when I was little and this scene affected me for a long time coming from an abusive home

I've just seen this scene again because a friend doesn't remember Nancy dying. Now I'm traumatised again having avoided the film since my childhood.

It's one of my favourite musicals of all time despite my date of birth 5th December 1985

It's Amazing how it's still A Musical.

We watched this in school today and we thought she was just hurt, truly heartbreaking about how she died. I hate bill.

This scarred me SO MUCH as a kid😁😖 I had nightmares for at least a month😔😒

rest in peace nancy you the hero 🙏🙏

Nancy was one of my favorite characters she treated Oliver like a son after when I saw 'where is love' I almost cried 😭

This scene traumatized me so much when I was seven I cried and didn’t want to go to bed, so my mom played the original beauty and the beast

i may be the complete opposite of Nancy, but I'll still live up to her braveness, independent self and her kindness. Saw this movie at a theatre play 2 days ago, the actor playing Nancy got this seen completely perfect.

I watched this when I was little, and this scene always upset me. I never knew Nancy was dead until I read the book. In the movie I just thought she was really hurt. The scene when the men find Nancy you can see her moving her legs. Like she is in agony. This scene haunted me.

"No violence!" He didn't understand the assignment.

She doesn't deserve too 😭😭😭😭😢😥😰😨

Poor Nancy she really loved bill and here kindness is amazing but bill had to spoil it!!!

This fucking scene scarred me so fucking much, only thing I remembered from the movie was how much this mortified me.

Bullseye: “I’m not afraid of you anymore!”

This scene used to devastate me as a kid.

Crazy that this movie rated G. I love it

I never get over this

While Oliver loved Nancy so much and appreciated that she was taking him back to Mr. Brownlow, maybe Oliver should have quickly ran up the stairs to get to Mr. Brownlow while Bill was distracted beating up and killing Nancy where at 1:25, Oliver would have made it to the top of the stairs by then and Bill would have saw Oliver at the top of the stairs by then and then maybe said "oh no, he got away, let me pick the next kid in Fagin's hideout as the thinnest as my hostage" since the only reason he picked Oliver as a hostage because of him being the thinnest.

I think this is definitely a cautionary tale for ANYONE in a very abusive relationship. If you don’t leave your abuser, then you’ll end up dead in the hands of your abuser just like Nancy. This scene gives a pretty tragic look into abusive relationships in general and that no matter how tormenting and abusive one can be to one another, there’s always something that keeps the other one coming back for more. People, if you’re watching this scene and you’re in an abusive relationship and you’re scared for your life, GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE WHILE YOU CAN!! You all deserve BETTER partners who will love and support and treat you very well with kindness, understanding, compassion, empathy, comfort, reassurance, patience and most especially, respect. Don’t end up like Nancy. Be kinder and more gentle to yourselves and don’t tolerate or put up with ANY abuse from ANYONE. Abuse is MORALLY WRONG and nobody deserves to go through this. You are ALL loved and you’re NOT alone!!

Nancy is a very sweet person who treated Oliver like her own son and was willing to put her life on the line inorder to give him (Oliver) a better life. Bill Sikes is a deeply tormented person who was never loved by anyone except Nancy who supported Bill and tried to heal his heart with love and in the end Bill finally snaps and commits murder.

It so sad to realize that Nancy would have at least been able to die assured that Oliver was safe if Oliver hadn't taken those few seconds to turn back and hug her😢