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People Of The Top

People Of The Top

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Drama

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Zaatar is a thief who works for Zaghloul the owner of an import and export company. Zaghloul exploits Zaatar and makes him smuggle goods from customs. Zaatar gets to know Siham,the sister of officer Mohammed, and they fall in love and he starts working on his own and competes with Zaghloul.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Arabic

Runtime

117 mins

Rating

4.5/10

Release Date

11 May 1981

Country

Egypt

Cast

Soad Hosny

Soad Hosny

Siham

Nour El-Sherif

Nour El-Sherif

Zaatar Al-Nouri / Muhammad Zaghloul

Ezzat Al Alaily

Ezzat Al Alaily

Mohamed Fawzi

Omar Al-Hariri

Omar Al-Hariri

Zaghloul Rafaat

Aaidah Riyadh

Aaidah Riyadh

Gelgela

Mahmoud El Qala'awy

Mahmoud El Qala'awy

Husni

Nadia Rafeek

Nadia Rafeek

Zuhira - Siham's mother

Nadia Ezzat

Nadia Ezzat

Sanaa - wife of Muhammad Fawzi

Nabil Nour El Din

Nabil Nour El Din

Police officer

Sabry Abdelmonem

Sabry Abdelmonem

Ibrahim Qadry

Ibrahim Qadry

Hanash

Hassan Hussein

Hassan Hussein

Abu Saleh

Salah Rashwan

Salah Rashwan

Rifaat

Motawie Eweiss

Motawie Eweiss

Pickpocket Zaza

Omran Bahr

Omran Bahr

Tawfiq Al Kurdi

Tawfiq Al Kurdi

Police officer

Hassaan ElYamany

Hassaan ElYamany

Fayza Abdel Gawwad

Fayza Abdel Gawwad

Haridi Omran

Haridi Omran

Al-Saul Abu Al-Ainin

Fatma Wagdy

Fatma Wagdy

Siham's colleague

Helmy Abdel Wahab

Helmy Abdel Wahab

Pickpocket Samson

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