The Leech (1956)

The Leech (1956)

1956-01-09 Egypt 120 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Shadia is سلوى
سلوى
Tahiya Cariocca is شفاعات
شفاعات
Shoukry Sarhan is إمام بلتاجي
إمام بلتاجي
Abdel Warith Assir is عم حسبو
عم حسبو
Serag Mounir is الشرنوبي إسماعيل
الشرنوبي إسماعيل
Ferdoos Mohamed is أم إمام
أم إمام
Soliman ElGendy is فتحي
Mary Ezz El Din is زوجة الشرنوبي
زوجة الشرنوبي
Abdel Moneim Basyouni is ضابط شرطة
ضابط شرطة
Ali Kamel is برعي العربجي
برعي العربجي