The Black Market
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1945-01-02
Runtime: 100 mins
Director: Kamel El Telmessani
Writer: Kamel El Telmessani
Spoken language: العربية
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Black Market
Production Companies: ستوديو مصر
Production Countries: Egypt
Cast
Zaki Rostom
Emad Hamdy
Abdel Fattah Al-Qosari
Aqeila Rateb
Mohamed Kamal ElMasry
Mohammed Tawfik
Fardous Hassan
Thuraya Helmy
Thuraya Fakhry
ElSayed Bedir
Abdel Hamid Zaki
Hassan Kamel
Fouad Jafar
Abdel Meguid Shukry
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