The Fools Alley
Genres
Overview
Khadiga lives in a poor neighborhood with her parents. She tries to save up money so she could marry her sweetheart Taha. Taha buys a lottery ticket in hope of winning a lot of money, but it ends up in Khadiga's religious father's hands who throws it away. The ticket gets picked up by the town's fool, who gets lucky and wins, driving the town into chaos.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
90 min
Release Date
1955-01-02
Status
Released
Original Language
Arabic
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
6.2
Shoukry Sarhan
طة - صبى العجلاتى
Berlanty Abdel Hamid
خديجة عزوز
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
عبده عماره
Abdel Ghani Qamar
قفه - الأبله
Nadia Al Sabei
سنيه بيومى - العاهره
Hassan El Baroudy
الأسطى عماره - العجلاتى
Saad Ardash
شيخ الزاوية
Rafeaa ElShal
فاطمة - والدة خديجه
Ahmed Abaza
المتشرد
Shafiq Nour ElDein
مدبولى الفوال
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
المعلم مهنى - تاجر الموبيليا المستعملة
Ahmed ElGezeiry
المعلم شلبى - صاحب القهوه
Motawie Eweiss
بندق - صبى القهوة
Samiha Mohamed
الجاره
Abdel Aziz Ahmad
الشيخ عزوز - والد خديجه
Elham Zaki
بائعة اليانصيب
Agami Abdel Rahman
رجل فى الحاره
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