''The Monster'' ( ar, الوحش, El Wahsh) is a 1954 Egyptian

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Salah Abouseif Salah Abu Seif ( ar, صلاح أبو سيف, ) (May 10, 1915 – June 23, 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors, and is considered to be the godfather of Neorealist cinema in Egyptian cinema. Many of the 41 films he direct ...

. It was entered into the

1954 Cannes Film Festival The 7th Cannes Film Festival was held from 25 March to 9 April 1954. With Jean Cocteau as President of the Jury, the Grand Prix went to the '' Gate of Hell'' by Teinosuke Kinugasa. The festival opened with '' Le Grand Jeu'' by Robert Siodmak. This ...

. It was one of the first films to be labelled as a "

social thriller A social thriller is a film genre using elements of suspense and horror to augment instances of apparent oppression in society. The genre gained attention in 2017 with the release of Jordan Peele's ''Get Out'', a film highlighting occurrences ...

" by cinema writer

Georges Sadoul Georges Sadoul (4 February 1904 – 13 October 1967) was a French film critic, journalist and cinema writer. He is known for writing encyclopedias of film and filmmakers, many of which have been translated into English. Biography Sadoul was ...

for its use of documentary style, depictions of police abuse, and backdrop of life in the Egyptian countryside.

Cast

* Anwar Wagdi *

Mahmoud El-Meliguy Mahmoud el-Meliguy ( arz, محمود المليجي, ; 22 December 1910 – 6 June 1983) was an Egyptian screenwriter and an actor of film, theater, and television. He started his career playing minor roles, but achieved stardom in the late 1 ...

as Ell Wahsh * Samia Gamal *

Abbas Fares Abbas Fares ( ar, عباس فارس;22 April 1902 – 13 February 1978) was an Egyptian film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1929 and 1971. Selected filmography * '' A Night of Love'' (1951) * '' The Monster'' (1954) * ''The Poor Mi ...

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* 1954 films 1954 crime films 1950s Arabic-language films Egyptian black-and-white films Films directed by Salah Abu Seif Egyptian crime films {{1950s-crime-film-stub