The Leech (1956)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1956-01-09
Runtime: 120 minutes
Director: Salah Abu Seif
Top Cast
- Shadia as سلوى
- Tahiya Cariocca as شفاعات
- Shoukry Sarhan as إمام بلتاجي
- Abdel Warith Assir as عم حسبو
- Serag Mounir as الشرنوبي إسماعيل
- Ferdoos Mohamed as أم إمام
- Soliman ElGendy as فتحي
- Mary Ezz El Din as زوجة الشرنوبي
- Abdel Moneim Basyouni as ضابط شرطة
- Ali Kamel as برعي العربجي
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