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The Leech

70 %|Jan 9, 1956|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Wahid Farid
Director of Photography
Salah Abu Seif
Director
Ramses Naguib
Producer
Wahid Farid
Producer
ElSayed Bedir
Writer
Salah Abu Seif
Writer
Fouad El-Zahry
Music
Amin Yousseff Ghurab
Writer

Cast

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Shadia
Salwa
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Shoukry Sarhan
Imam Beltaji
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Serag Mounir
Al-Sharnoubi Ismail
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Mary Ezz El Din
Al-Sharnoubi's wife
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Abdel Moneim Basyouni
Police officer