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The Thief and the Dogs (1962)
Directed by Kamal El Sheikh
Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller · 2h 10m
This film, inspired by Naguib Mahfouz' The thief and the dogs, tells the story of Mahran, a thief who quickly ascends to be the head of his gang. However, his second in command conspires against Mahran to take his position and his wife. After his prison term, Mahran is thirsty for revenge. But being chased by the police and by his new enemies destines him to a tragic life in hiding.
Cast
Shoukry Sarhan
Shadia
Kamal Al-Shennawi
Fakher Fakher
Nazim Sharawy
Abdel Moneim Ismail
Fifi Youssef
Motawie Eweiss
Tousoun Motamad
Abbas El Daly
Sayed Abdallah
Zein El Ashmawy
Crew
- Director
- Kamal El Sheikh
- Writer
- Naguib Mahfouz, Kamal El Sheikh, Sabry Ezzat
- Director of Photography
- Kamal Karim
- Original Music Composer
- Andre Ryder
- Editor
- Saeed El-Sheikh
- Producer
- Gamal El Lithy
Details
- Original title
- اللص والكلاب
- Release date
- 1962-11-12
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- Egypt
- Production
- أفلام جمال الليثي