In a meeting in Thailand, it is decided that twenty tons of heroin to be smuggled to Iran and to be pushed in schools, universities, and even the frontline. While the shipment is being moved on Iranian roads, a detective is killed in Tehran. His successor tries to find the shipment with the help from an addicted inmate and his fiancée.
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Faramarz Sadighi
Jalali
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Farimah Farjami
Susan Makashi
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Masoud Kimiai
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Mohammad Saleh Ala
Jamshid
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Jamshid Hashempour
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Jalal Pishvaian
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Mohammad Vali Ahmadloo
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Hossein Hosseinzadeh
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Kamran Bakhtar
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Majid Mozaffari
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Ali Mahzun
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Masoud Kimiai Director · Giti Pashayi Composer Mehrdad Fakhimi Cinematographer
First release May 5, 1987 · Produced in Iran · Original title تیغ و ابریشم
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Iran
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Original title
تیغ و ابریشم
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Iran · May 5, 1987
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No release date listed for United States.
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