The Criminal

The Criminal

1954 · 100 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

A criminal kidnaps a girl from her wealthy family and demands a ransom. When the family refuses to pay, he entrusts the daughter to a poor family to raise her and their only son. One day, a wealthy woman sees a striking resemblance to her lost son in the poor family's son and decides to raise him. When he grows up, he meets the girl who was raised with him when he was young.

Directed by Kamal Atteya · Written by Gamal Hamdy

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Shoukry Sarhan مراد
Mahmood Al-Meleji أدهم
Samira Ahmad سعاد
Zouzou Mady إلهام
Ali Roushdy
Ferdous Mohamed الست رتيبة
Ahmed Allam أمين عاصم
Aziza Helmy عزيزة
Abdel Aziz Ahmad المعلم جمعة
Soliman ElGendy صنارة / مراد
Abdel Moneim Basyouni ضابط
Salama Elias ظابط قبض على أدهم المجرم

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