''The Killers'' (

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Salah Zulfikar Salah El Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar ( ar, صلاح ذو الفقار; ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, before becoming an ac ...

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Nahed Sherif Nahed Sherif ( ar, ناهد شريف), (1 January 1942 – 7 April 1981) was an Egyptian actress who came to prominence in Egyptian and Lebanese films of the 1960s and 1970s. Biography Born Samiha Zaki El-Nial () and a Lycée Français du Caire ...

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Ashraf Fahmy Ashraf Fahmy (Arabic: أشرف فهمي 25 August 1936 – 25 January 2001) was an Egyptian film director, active in the Egyptian film industry since the late 1960s. He was credited with launching his career and directing his first feature film ...

Synopsis

Adel Shawkat has a firm belief that his stepfather killed his father to marry his mother. He makes a strange deal with the unemployed Aziz Abu El Ezz, who wants to get rid of his wife Sawsan, to cash her life insurance policy. Adel pledges to kill Aziz's wife in return for Aziz killing his stepfather.

Main cast

: Adel Shawkat *

: Sawsan Fahmy *

Adel Adham Adel Adham ( ar, عادل أدهم; March 8, 1928 – February 1, 1996) was an Egyptian villain actor. He was known for his portrayal of evil and ambiguous characters. Career Adel Adham was born on March 8, 1928, in Alexandria, Egypt, to an Egy ...

: Aziz Abu El Ezz * Zozo Chakib: Adel's mother * Gamal Ismail: Public prosecutor * Emad Muharram: Emad Rashad * Ashraf El-Selehdar: Hussein * Hussein Ismail: Shawish

Production

The film was produced and distributed by the state owned, General Egyptian Coropration for Cinema Production.

External links

The Killers on IMDb

The Killers on elCinema

References

1971 films Egyptian crime action films 1970s Arabic-language films Films shot in Egypt Egyptian black-and-white films 20th-century Egyptian films 1970s crime action films {{Egypt-film-stub

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