The Beast (1954)
الوحش
Abdel Sabour was a thief and a smuggler known as The Beast to the people in one of the villages of upper Egypt; everyone was afraid of him, including the police. He enjoyed the protection of Redwan Pasha, who in turn used him during elections to eliminate his rivals. Officer Raouf Saleh was sent to the village with his wife and son with the assignment of arresting The Beast. However The Beast and his gang worked together from the beginning trying to dispose of the officer and his family in any way possible.
- Date of release
- 1954-03-05
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Thriller
- Director
- Salah Abu Seif
Casting
- Anwar Wagdi — الضابط (رؤوف صالح)
- Mahmood Al-Meleji — عبدالصبور/الوحش
- Samia Gamal — الراقصة نعسانة
- Omar ElGizawy
- Abbas Fares — رضوان باشا
- Samiha Ayoub — زوجة الضابط رؤوف
- Nazim Sharawy — من أتباع الوحش
- Motawie Eweiss — مخبر
- Mohamad El Tokhy — الراوي
- Fifi Saeed — زوجة هنداوى
- Ali Oraby — من عصابة عبد الصبور الوحش
- Mohammad Tawfiq — قرني (زوج الراقصة)
Interesting facts
The Monster is a 1954 Egyptian crime film directed by Salah Abouseif. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was one of the first films to be labelled as a "social documentary thriller" by cinema writer Georges Sadoul for its use of documentary style, depictions of police abuse, and backdrop of life in the Egyptian countryside.
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