A criminal kidnaps a girl from her wealthy family and demands a ransom. When the family refuses to pay, he entrusts the daughter to a poor family to raise her and their only son. One day, a wealthy woman sees a striking resemblance to her lost son in the poor family's son and decides to raise him. When he grows up, he meets the girl who was raised with him when he was young.
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Shoukry Sarhan
مراد
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Mahmood Al-Meleji
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Samira Ahmed
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Abdel Moneim Basyouni
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Kamal Atteya Director · Gamal Hamdy Writer Hassan Helmi Editor
First release September 30, 1954 · Produced in Egypt · Original title المجرم
Production
ستوديو جيزة
Production
Egypt
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Original title
المجرم
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · September 30, 1954
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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