''I Will Not Confess'' ( ar, لن أعترف, ''Lan Aataref'') is a

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Plot

Amal (

) is the wife of Ahmed (

Ahmed Mazhar Ahmed Hafez Mazhar ( ar, أحمد حافظ مظهر, ʾAḥmad Ḥāfeẓ Mazāhar; 8 October 1917 – 8 May 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938 textile factory Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods s ...

. One day, she receives a threatening letter directed at Ahmed. The letter reveals that Ahmed committed a murder; he killed a teller to steal the factory's money. Amal remembers that her husband had come to her telling her that he had lost his money, and weeks later had restored his money. One of the factory workers (

Salah Mansour Salah Mansour ( ar, صلاح منصور, ), (Feb 03, 1923 – Jan 19, 1979) was an Egyptian movie actor known for his roles in ''Lan A'taref'' and ''Al-Zawga Al-Thaneya''. He started in school theater, and graduated from the Egyptian acting i ...

) meets Amal and confirms what the letter said, claiming that he witnessed the crime. Amal seeks her brother's (

Ahmed Ramzy Ahmad Ramzy ( ar, أحمد رمزي; 23 March 1930 – 28 September 2012) was an Egyptian actor who played the leading roles in many Egyptian films in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Early life Ramzy was born Ramzi Mahmud Bayyumi in 1930 to Dr ...

) support. He goes to the worker and, after a heated and vehement argument, fights with him and eventually kills him. He immediately runs away. Minutes later, Amal reaches the worker's home to talk to him, and finds him dead. She is blamed for the crime. Amal does not tell anybody from her family. Her health conditions worsens and is hospitalized. Amal's brother confesses his crime. Her husband surrenders himself and confesses that he committed the crime saying that he only did all that to secure a better life for his wife.

Cast

as Amal *

as Amal's brother *

* Sherifa Maher * Nazim Shaarawy

References

External links

* 1961 films 1960s Arabic-language films 1961 crime films Films directed by Kamal El Sheikh Egyptian crime films {{1960s-crime-film-stub