The Leech (1956)
Overview
A rural mother sells her only cow in order to enroll her son, an imam (Shukri Sarhan) at Dar al-Uloom College. When an imam arrives in Cairo, he rents a room in the Citadel area from a domineering woman named Shafa'at (Tahiya Karioka) who is fascinated by his youth and vitality and lures him into practicing vice with her. As a result, he stumbles in his studies and health. At this time, a girl whom she and her father knew from a young age helps him to get rid of all the corruption in which he lives, and her father advises him to stay away from intercessions, but the intercessions plots against him in an attempt to stay with her.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ar |
| Popularity | 1.342 |
Directed By
Salah Abu Seif
Crew
Wahid Farid
Salah Abu Seif
Ramses Naguib
Wahid Farid
Fouad El-Zahry
Fathy Koura
Naguib El Silahdar
Shadia
Mounir Mourad
Morsi Gameel Aziz
Khalil Diab
Adib Gaber
Wali Eddine Sameh
Abdel Hamid El Sakhawy
Amin Yousseff Ghurab
ElSayed Bedir
Salah Abu Seif
Tolba Radwan
Ahmed El-Sabawy
Abdallah Yacout
Kamal Karim
انجا وميلا
عطية عبده
Krikor
Mitcho
Wali El Sayed
TOP CAST
Shadia
سلوى
Tahiya Cariocca
شفاعات
Shoukry Sarhan
إمام بلتاجي
Abdel Warith Assir
عم حسبو
Serag Mounir
الشرنوبي إسماعيل
Ferdoos Mohamed
أم إمام
Soliman ElGendy
فتحي
Mary Ezz El Din
زوجة الشرنوبي
Abdel Moneim Basyouni
ضابط شرطة
Ali Kamel
برعي العربجي
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