Oliver(1968)Nancy Death Scene

[cominyourway]

I saw the movie 4 the first time yestday and nancy was so nic y did she die?

[ac120479]

Sykes was such a bastard in that movie. He scared me when I was a kid.

[hamnett2011]

I think Nancy is everyone's favourite.

[pony221000]

i hate bill at the sean where he chases the dog i was screaming for him to let the dog go. BTW NANCY IS PRETTY! WHO KILLS A PRETTY LADY!? Fuck u bill

[Shiresann90]

Poor Nancy ! Poor Oliver ! damned Bill ! *upset*

[101genco]

Shani Wallis as Nancy shouldn't of died she's the best and so pretty(:

[LaEspriella]

the most powerful scene of Nancy's death is in the 1948 movie, the dog reaction and the way he shakes under the table and the fear in his eyes when he looks at the guy is just striking. hopefully nobody mistreated that poor dog!

[verkaforever]

This scene is very violent for a family film. They changed the way she died. In the book he shot her.

[TripeHoundRedux]

@verkaforever No, he doesn't. The death of Nancy is a great example of Dickens' gift for the macabre; he goes into gruesome detail about the light catching the few stray hairs that have stuck to the stick due to the severity of the beating Sikes has delivered.

Nancy is very much beaten to death in the original book. The major difference in this film is the time between the murder and Sikes' own death. It happens far quicker in the film (understandably so)

[verkaforever]

@TripeHoundRedux Thanks for the info- I made a mistake.

[FlutistGirl13]

This was the first play I ever saw in a theater. In the play she gets shot, and just before the sound went off my cousin grabbed my hand to make sure I didn't get scared...It was an amazing performance.

[DisneyDrawer001]

I laughed because I can't take sad things..Lol.

[101genco]

i love Shani Wallis as Nancy<333

[MeganKing95]

Love you Nancy :'(

[godwinismyname]

this is the greatest musical of all time. and this was the first murder movie scene i ever saw as a child. br00tal.

[DanNZ4]

Did Bill say "I'll kill you Bitch"?

[DanNZ4]

Bill you theifing Pyscho!!

[sneakylittleme101]

@annekebrits you'll more likely get stabbed thats what happened in my school play

[sweetflange]

That ain't no cop, that's his grandfather!

[DanNZ4]

@sweetflange Oliver's mother was his niece so i think the guy at the bridge is oliver's great uncle

[annekebrits]

omg i dont wanna die (because im nancy in school play) no realy im gunna get beat up :'(

[LexiAnnTweedy]

the sadest part in the whole film luv ya nancy and shani wallis

[tklemasters1]

its not fair nancy had to die. she did nothing wrong

[barnabyfraser]

What a complete waste of a magnificent woman. Heartbreaking.

Nancy!...I loved yu didint i, look what you've done to me!

[s0052701]

This bit just freaked the hell out of me when I was 6, I always wanted to fast forward but I wanted to prove to my siblings I was a 'big kid' so I just gazed.

[101genco]

i hate bill for killing Nancy that was mean she was really nice and sweet too oliver and now oliver has no friends too love him like Nancy did!!!!

[dollykins100]

you gotta admit oli is hot in this movie!!!!

[BoomerProduction96]

@dollykins100 Yes he is xD Ollie !!

[LexiAnnTweedy]

I actually love Nancy call me sad bcuz I am only 12 and this is an old film but it's my fav film and Nancy is my fav character and my best friend calls me nancy and I sed today at drama cuz we had too do this childrens tv thing so I sed sammie do me a favour be bill and kill me then later we had a fight and she pretended to kill me xx

[liketammysaids]

i cried when i watched this :'(

[MrLaxdude89]

who goes to hug somebody when they're running from a phsycopath

[DaAwsomePeoples]

@MrLaxdude89 i dont think she knew he was there... but i havent seen the whole movie yet

[jdt3000]

When I was a kid this scene used to scare me to death...

[101genco]

awww poor nancy

[dramakid95]

@TheRandomnessStudios Some stage productions decide to have her strangled as it looks more realistic than doing an obviously fake action of hitting her. I'm playing Bill in June with my theatre group but I've no idea how I'm to kill Nancy. Tbh, I hope I hit her, it will look better if its staged right.

[molster14]

Bill's such an ass!!

[Casey3390TV]

@molster14 the ass has to die sometime though right?:D

[iluvraywjohnson]

i cant believe nancy died !! :(

[m1234f34]

Thank God we;re doing this at school and I have nothing to do with scenes like this :L I'm a workhouse kid/townsfolk person/dancer in the oompahpah scene

[TigerMoonPrincess]

what, does he kill her by smashing a metal thing against her head?? how can u kill someone u love?? how could he kill nancy! :(

[MasterOfHurt]

@TigerMoonPrincess beause he's a psycho

[bubs96]

give her one for me bill

[Donnoliel]

In the book, Fagin tells Bill what Nancy is doing, and makes it sound like she's betraying him on purpose. In that version, Fagin is hung and Bill accidently hangs himself trying to escape. I like that this Fagin does get away, as he wasn't the cause for murder in this version.

[jazzzyy13]

I remember watching this when I was in Oliver in primary school and just thinking, "Thank goodness I'm Fagin!" XD

[TheCGIMaster]

Damn! Sikes just went Gordon Freeman style!

[TheMeeshKeesh]

I remember seeing this movie in 1st grade music class, and this scene scarred me... It's still kind of depressing to me. Lol.

[sinsitysisterssinema]

I am perplexed. I know film, studied it, written about it, know the other works of Carol Reed well, have seen the film countless times, but because (not shown here) Nancy's legs are clearly seen moving afterwards, I never took that she dies. I've been told 'the legs stop moving'... I don't know, those brief second of movement, and then non movement has never been satisfying to me as a way of conveying she actually dies. Would have been better to not show her legs moving at all.

[ribbitgrl]

@sinsitysisterssinema It is not uncommon for a victim of blunt force trauma to still move certain parts of his/her body, or even retain/regain consciousness and later die. Nancy could have been clinically alive in those moments, but not much long after. Death by blunt force trauma is not always immediate like we would like to think it gracious enough to be.

[TheCatgirl6]

This was very upsetting to me the first time I saw this movie--American musicals of the era (and earlier) never allowed such a grim, brutally realistic end for a beloved character. It's still tough to watch; and somehow worse hearing her dying cries and glimpsing his furiously striking arm then seeing the actual death. Very effectively filmed by the great Sir Carol Reed (cousin, btw, of Oliver Reed--Bill Sykes).

[al1936ful]

@TheCatgirl6 But the actual death is never shown.

[TheCatgirl6]

@al1936ful Sorry; you're right--I used the word "then" when I should have said "than"--I meant: hearing her dying cries as he violently struck her was in some ways worse THAN seeing the actual death up close. (Either way, terrible end for Nancy, the more so because her killer was the man she loved.)

[redmonkey35L]

This scared the shit out of me when I was 7

[LupoBHS]

I forget why he kills her.

[charlisweep]

@LupoBHS He kills her in a rage, because he thinks Nancy is going to Brownloe to tell him all about the set up he and Fagin have (robberies and stuff) he jumps to conclusions and kills her because he says to Fagin she wont be peacing on anybody no more (I do aplogize if peacing isnt the right word or I have spelt it wrong) I think he does regret it though, but then he blames her for the police coming after him. Hope that helps. x

[Gonzogrig]

@charlisweep actually, his rage isn't because he thinks Nancy is going to say anything, it's because he thinks Oliver will and she's handing him over

I think people forget just how powerful the imagination is. You barely see a thing but it's still an incredibly powerful and disturbing scene. You really have to hand it to the old school movies like this and 'Streetcar Named Desire' where the script required violence but the writers had to deal with the censors.

[lolpop2009]

ugh i hate that he kills her

[pumpkinwolf]

In the book Bill sykes is haunted by the 'eyes of nancy' after he kills her, thats how he ends up accidently killing himself.

[charlisweep]

I still can't watch that end part of the film without crying! I was exactly the same as

lotusflower2k9 I hoped she was still alive, but she died. Nancy was always my favourite, x

[shikishinobi]

This is one of the better (albeit darkest) parts of the movie. But sadly, your copy has very poor sound. There is a lot of fuzz over the top.

[redpink99]

Shit cop :)

[al1936ful]

@redpink99 That's not a cop; it's Oliver's benefactor, Mr. Brownlow.

[sorrowsingsoftly]

Why the hell you put this on here in the first place???

[therealcritic28]

his face after he realizes he killed her is like "Oh shit. . ."

[lotusflower2k9]

i was totally distraught when i watched this bit- i was about eight. then when you just see her legs twitching i was like 'she's still alive' and my mum was like no she's gonna die. poor nancy no-one deserves to come to an end like that xxx

[pingpong1421]

hahahaha at princeofcats9!

[iRepMerk]

This is nothing at all like the book...

[Asylum07MasterMadman]

it was adapted from a stage play, where it was done at the bridge for plot convenience

[EoinHarnett69]

The cop does nothing lol!

[al1936ful]

@EoinHarnett69 That's not a cop. That's Mr. Brownlow, Oliver's benefactor. Nancy promised to return Oliver t him at London Bridge.

It's a little more believable in the play, because in the play he doesn't even show up at the bridge until after Nancy's been killed.

[tailbarb777]

@EoinHarnett69 thats not a cop its Mr. Brownlow

[Phailwars]

@EoinHarnett69 he's not a cop its Mr Brownlow

[Sawrattan]

@EoinHarnett69 That's not a cop. But even if it was, it was quite common in those days for cops to not interfere in East End, unless they were safely in pairs or groups.

[princeofcats9]

I'm playing Bill Sykes and this is the best bit for me.

[KurtnJamiePOP]

first he's all like "of course i love you, i live with ya', don't i?" then he kills her!!!

[frogdogcat22]

i allways hated this bit when she gets killed. it was not nice of bill to do that to her.

[EvilJohnnyAllen]

5/5 poor nancy