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Life or Death
Life or Death

Life or Death

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A man suffers from a heart attack so he sends his daughter to get medicine for him. After providing the medicine for the girl, the pharmacist discovers that he has unknowingly mixed a poisonous elixir. Reporting what happened to the police, the chief officer of Cairo starts an intriguing, full-fledged campaign to save the man before he takes the lethal medicine.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Arabic

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

06 December 1954

Country

Egypt

Cast

Youssef Wahby

Youssef Wahby

حكمدار العاصمة

Madiha Yousri

Madiha Yousri

زوجة أحمد إبراهيم

Emad Hamdy

Emad Hamdy

أحمد إبراهيم

Hussein Reyaad

Hussein Reyaad

الصيدلي

Rushdy Abaza

Rushdy Abaza

ظابط البوليس

Adly Kasseb

Adly Kasseb

ضابط

Abdel Moneim Basyouni

Abdel Moneim Basyouni

مساعد الصيدلي

Abdel Qader AlMeseri

Abdel Qader AlMeseri

المدير

Rafeaa ElShal

Rafeaa ElShal

والدة الزوجة

Abdel Ghani El Nagdi

Abdel Ghani El Nagdi

البواب النائم

Abdel Hamid Zaki

Abdel Hamid Zaki

الأسطى شلبي

Mohsen Hassanein

Mohsen Hassanein

شلبي (العشيق)

Anwar AlKhawam

Anwar AlKhawam

صبي القهوجي

Rashwan Mustafa

Rashwan Mustafa

Farouk Ali

Farouk Ali

راكب الدراجة

Shaladimo

Shaladimo

الحرامي

Abdel Moneim Ismail

Abdel Moneim Ismail

الزوج المخدوع

Hussein Kandil

Hussein Kandil

Doha Amir

Doha Amir

الطفلة سميرة أحمد إبراهيم

Ahmed Elhaddad

Ahmed Elhaddad

الذي سُرق منه الخاتم

Souad Fawzi

Souad Fawzi

الزوجة الخائنة

Ali Eissa

Ali Eissa

Hassan Abu Zeid

Hassan Abu Zeid

السكران

Tawfiq Ismail

Tawfiq Ismail

Abdelbadie El Araby

Abdelbadie El Araby

والد الزوجة

Ezz El Din Shaker

Ezz El Din Shaker

Tawfik Sadek

Tawfik Sadek

صول القسم

George Assaf

George Assaf

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