

My Dear Uncle
1977-03-04 · 82 min · ★ 6.5
Turkish Uncle Buck. A funny slob (Tarik Akan) leaves his village after getting into trouble. He leaves with his friend (Suleyman Turan) who blackmails him by putting a stolen diamond in his pocket. He comes to stay at his sisters house and all the family are glad to see him, but not his brother in law who hates him. Here he falls in love with his nephew's teacher Zehra (Hale Soygazi).
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- Zeki Ökten
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- Turkey
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Tarık AkanTarık
Hale SoygaziSerap
Murat ErtonMurat
Süleyman TuranRıza
Neriman KöksalTarık'ın Ablası
Perran KutmanBetül
Ali CağaloğluHulusi
Diler SaraçMübeccel
Teoman AksoyZati Bey
Itir GürdemirelMualla
Ata SakaŞebeke Şefi
İbrahim KurtŞebeke Şefinin Adamı
Mehmet UğurŞebeke Şefinin Adamı
Doğan TamerTarık'ın Arkadaşı
Ehat AlinçeTarık'ın Arkadaşı
Ferhat ÜnalTarık'ın Arkadaşı
Hikmet GülHizmetçi
Mehmet Ali Güngör
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