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The Black Market
The Black Market

The Black Market

Genres

Drama

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A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into an alliance with comprador merchants. Their goal is to hoard scarce commodities during the World WAR II, and then to sell them at vastly inflated prices. Eventually the grocer's neighbors rebel at his tactics. They call in the national athorities and the black marketeers are brought to justice.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Arabic

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

5.5/10

Release Date

02 January 1945

Country

Egypt

Cast

Zaki Rostom

Zaki Rostom

ابو محمود

Emad Hamdy

Emad Hamdy

حامد

Abdel Fattah ElQosari

Abdel Fattah ElQosari

سيد البقال

Aqeila Rateb

Aqeila Rateb

نجية

Mohamed Kamal ElMasry

Mohamed Kamal ElMasry

هاشم الحلاق

Mohammed Tawfik

Mohammed Tawfik

حسن (العبيط)

Fardous Hassan

Fardous Hassan

سونا (الزوجة الجديدة)

Thuraya Helmy

Thuraya Helmy

نعيمة

Thuraya Fakhry

Thuraya Fakhry

أم محمود

ElSayed Bedir

ElSayed Bedir

مصطفى (الفران)

Abdel Hamid Zaki

Abdel Hamid Zaki

حسونة الجزار

Hassan Kamel

Hassan Kamel

الترزي

Fouad Jafar

Fouad Jafar

ضابط التموين

Abdel Meguid Shukry

Abdel Meguid Shukry

بائع السجائر

Mohamed Ragheb

Mohamed Ragheb

سائق الموتوسيكل

Abdel Moneim Ismail

Abdel Moneim Ismail

القهوجي

Shaladimo

Shaladimo

Samia Mohsen

Samia Mohsen

Rashad Hamed

Rashad Hamed

Ahmed Elhaddad

Ahmed Elhaddad

كومبارس

Salha Kasin

Salha Kasin

مشترية

Negma Hussein

Negma Hussein

راقصة

Aziza Mohamed

Aziza Mohamed

زوجة الحلاق

Faiza Abdullah

Faiza Abdullah

ابنة الحلاق

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