The Leech

1956

2h 0m

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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.

Writers

Fathy Koura(lyricist by)
Morsi Gameel Aziz(lyricist by)
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Shadia
سلوى
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Tahiya Cariocca
شفاعات
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Shoukry Sarhan
إمام بلتاجي
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Abdel Warith Assir
عم حسبو
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Serag Mounir
الشرنوبي إسماعيل
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Ferdoos Mohamed
أم إمام
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Mary Ezz El Din
زوجة الشرنوبي
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Abdel Moneim Basyouni
ضابط شرطة
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Ali Kamel
برعي العربجي

Writers

Fathy Koura(lyricist by)
Morsi Gameel Aziz(lyricist by)

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Release date

January 9, 1956 (United States)

Country of origin

Egypt

Language

Arabic

Production company

أفلام وحيد فريد

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