The Troublemaker

The Troublemaker

1965 · 105 min · Action, Drama

Hamouda is a porter at the port who tries to establish a union for the port workers. As those who exploit the workers oppose him, they frame him for a crime and send him to jail. When he is released, he finds his fiancée Nousa waiting for him.

Directed by Niazi Mostafa · Written by Abdel Hai Adib

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