The Sad Night Bird
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Adel is imprisoned and sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit, as he was with a woman he didn't know when the murder happened. He escapes from jail with the help of officer Hazem, only to find that the mystery woman is the wife of a famous businessman who can not testify to his innocence.
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Cast
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Nelly
Amany
Also in
The Ghoul
Sin of an Angel
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
Adel Azzam
Also in
Kit Kat
El Keif
Wahid Hamid
Yehia El Alami
Wahid Hamed
Mahmoud Moursy
Hazem Al-Maghribi
Also in
Bit of Fear
My Wife & the Dog
Adel Adham
Talat Marjan
Known for
Flatfoot in Egypt
Shwikar
Doria
Also in
Land of Hypocrisy
The Most Dangerous Man in the World
Mariam Fakhr Eddine
Mohsena, wife of Hazem Al-Maghrabi
Also in
Return My Heart
The Cursed Palace
Nazim Sharawy
detective officer
Also in
The Witness Who Didn't See Anything
Sweet Oblivion
Salah El-Saadany
Samir
Also in
El Helmeya Nights
Arabesque: The Days of Hassan Al-Noaamany
Inam Salusah
Salwa, Adel’s cousin
Known for
Bittersweet
X-Large
Yehia El Alami Director · Wahid Hamid Writer Ali Khayr Allah Cinematographer
First release May 23, 1977 · Produced in Egypt · Original title طائر الليل الحزين
Production
ستوديو مصر
Production
Egypt
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Languages
Original title
طائر الليل الحزين
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · May 23, 1977
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No release date listed for United States.
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