Shehata Effendi is a clerk for a wealthy woman who is in dispute with her husband. Her husband divorced her a third time, so they resort to Shehata to marry her. Then the wealthy wife dies and he inherits her fortune, prompting him to think of marrying his old neighbor Asrar.
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Faten Hamama
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Youssef Wahby
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Eshaet Hob
Youssef Chahine
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Cairo Station
Seraj Muneer
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Shamshon and Leblb
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Mahmoud Ismail
Hasan Fayeq
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The Secret Police
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Shelley Smith
Ferdous Mohamed
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Struggle in the Harbor
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Nabil El Alfy
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Wedad Hamdy
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Eshaet Hob
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Hassan El Baroudy
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Cairo Station
Reyaad ElQasabgy
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The Secret Police
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Youssef Chahine Director · Shelley Smith Writer Mohamed Abu Youssef Writer
First release April 21, 1952 · Produced in Egypt · Original title المهرج الكبير
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Egypt
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Original title
المهرج الكبير
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · April 21, 1952
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No release date listed for United States.
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