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Life or Death
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Life or Death

1954-12-06 · 95 min · ★ 6.8

Drama · Thriller

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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Directors
Kamal El Sheikh
Production companies
لوتس فيلم (آسيا وشركاها)
Countries
Egypt
Status
Released

Top Cast

Youssef WahbyYoussef Wahbyحكمدار العاصمة
Madiha YousriMadiha Yousriزوجة أحمد إبراهيم
Emad HamdyEmad Hamdyأحمد إبراهيم
Hussein ReyaadHussein Reyaadالصيدلي
Rushdy AbazaRushdy Abazaظابط البوليس
Adly KassebAdly Kassebضابط
Abdel Moneim BasyouniAbdel Moneim Basyouniمساعد الصيدلي
Abdel Qader AlMeseriAbdel Qader AlMeseriالمدير
Rafeaa ElShalRafeaa ElShalوالدة الزوجة
Abdel Ghani El NagdiAbdel Ghani El Nagdiالبواب النائم
Abdel Hamid ZakiAbdel Hamid Zakiالأسطى شلبي
Mohsen HassaneinMohsen Hassaneinشلبي (العشيق)
Anwar AlKhawamAnwar AlKhawamصبي القهوجي
Rashwan MustafaRashwan Mustafa
Farouk AliFarouk Aliراكب الدراجة
ShaladimoShaladimoالحرامي
Abdel Moneim IsmailAbdel Moneim Ismailالزوج المخدوع
Hussein KandilHussein Kandil
Doha AmirDoha Amirالطفلة سميرة أحمد إبراهيم
Ahmed ElhaddadAhmed Elhaddadالذي سُرق منه الخاتم

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