Trivia: Because of protests from Jewish pressure groups, the film was not released in the United States until 1951.
Oliver Twist (1948)
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Directed by: David Lean
Starring: Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Francis L. Sullivan, John Howard Davies, Kay Walsh
Continuity mistake: As he eats, a bread chunk rests on the table to the right of Oliver's bowl. As he rises, the bread is gone. (00:14:20 - 00:14:50)
Oliver Twist: Please, sir, I want some more.
Answer: Fagin was a Jewish character and in the 1930's and 40's Egypt did not like Jewish people. Egypt was heavily anti-Semitic; Jews were denied citizenship, Egypt was part of the Arab League during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and bombing of Jewish areas in Egypt would occur. It was banned simply out of hate.
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