The Leech

The Leech

1956•2h 0m•7.4/10

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7.4/10(7)

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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Production

أفلام وحيد فريد

Language

AR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Shadia

Shadia

سلوى

Tahiya Cariocca

Tahiya Cariocca

شفاعات

Shoukry Sarhan

Shoukry Sarhan

إمام بلتاجي

Abdel Warith Assir

Abdel Warith Assir

عم حسبو

Serag Mounir

Serag Mounir

الشرنوبي إسماعيل

Ferdoos Mohamed

Ferdoos Mohamed

أم إمام

Soliman ElGendy

Soliman ElGendy

فتحي

Mary Ezz El Din

Mary Ezz El Din

زوجة الشرنوبي

Abdel Moneim Basyouni

Abdel Moneim Basyouni

ضابط شرطة

Ali Kamel

Ali Kamel

برعي العربجي

Abbas El Daly

Abbas El Daly

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