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Strong
MASTER SCORE 66.8 / 100
1956·Drama / Music·2h 6m

THE LEECH

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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Salah Abouseif, Amin Youssef Ghurab, Ahmed Al Sabaawi·DirectorAmin Yousseff Ghurab·ScreenplaySalah Abu Seif·ScreenplayWahid Farid·Director of PhotographyFouad El-Zahry·Original Music Composerعطية عبده·Editor
Cast
Shadia·سلوىTahiya Cariocca·شفاعاتShoukry Sarhan·إمام بلتاجيAbdel Warith Assir·عم حسبوSerag Mounir·الشرنوبي إسماعيلFerdoos Mohamed·أم إمامSoliman ElGendy·فتحيMary Ezz El Din·زوجة الشرنوبيAbdel Moneim Basyouni·ضابط شرطةAli Kamel·برعي العربجي
Full Crew
(28 credits)
Directing· 3
Salah Abu Seif·DirectorTolba Radwan·Assistant DirectorAhmed El-Sabawy·Script Supervisor
Writing· 6
Amin Yousseff Ghurab·StoryAmin Yousseff Ghurab·ScreenplaySalah Abu Seif·ScreenplayFathy Koura·LyricistMorsi Gameel Aziz·LyricistElSayed Bedir·Dialogue
Camera· 3
Wahid Farid·Director of PhotographyAbdallah Yacout·Assistant CameraKamal Karim·Camera Operator
Editing· 2
عطية عبده·EditorAnga And Mila·Negative Cutter
Sound & Music· 6
Naguib El Silahdar·MusicMounir Mourad·MusicFouad El-Zahry·Original Music ComposerRamses Naguib·Original Music ComposerShadia·SongsKrikor·Sound Engineer
Art & Design· 3
Wali Eddine Sameh·DecoratorAbdel Hamid El Sakhawy·DecoratorMitcho·Makeup Artist
Production· 5
Ramses Naguib·ProducerWahid Farid·ProducerKhalil Diab·Production ManagerAdib Gaber·Production ManagerWali El Sayed·Casting
By the Numbers
66.8
OF 100
Master Score
7.5
OF 10
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0
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