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The Big Brother (1958)
Drama

The Big Brother (1958)

Drama

Awad secretly leads a drug gang while pretending to have a respectable job to support his mother, brother Ahmed, and cousin Dawlat. Roheya, a dancer, is eager to marry him, but he resists since Ahmed is nearing graduation from law school.

Director

Fatin Abdel Wahab (as Fatin Abdulwahhab)

Writer

Ali El Zorkani (writer)

Composer

Mohamed Hassan Al-Shugai

Cinematographer

Clelio Cicivelli

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Updated Nov 24, 1958

Release date

Nov 24, 1958 (Egypt)

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Farid Shawqi Awad Shehata Awad Shehata See fewer	Cemile (1968)
Ahmed Ramzy Ahmed Shehata Ahmed Shehata See fewer	Voice from the Past (1956)
Hind Rostom Roheya Roheya See fewer	Struggle for Life (1957)
Farida Fahmy Dawlat Dawlat See fewer	Love in Karnak (1967)
Ferdoos Mohammed Awad's Mother Awad's Mother See fewer	The Ambassador of Hell (1945)
Mahmoud Azmy Salem Salem See fewer	The Most Dangerous Man in the World (1967)
Said Abu Bakr Andaleeb Andaleeb See fewer	El Sab'a Afandi (1951)
Reyad El Kasabgy Gelgel Gelgel See fewer	The Count of Monte Cristo (1950)
Mahmoud El-Sabbaa Bohegl Bohegl See fewer	Al Hasnaa w Al-Les (1971)
Hussein Ismail Actor Actor See fewer	Hassan and Nayima (1959)
Zeinat Olwi Dancer Dancer See fewer	The 13th Wife (1962)
Abbas Rahmy Head of the Narcotics Bureau Head of the Narcotics Bureau See fewer	Long Live Love (1938)
Mohamed Reda Farghali Farghali See fewer	The Tough (1957)
Ahmad Al Shennawi Assem Assem See fewer	I Am Justice (1961)
Mohammed Tawfik Ka'belha Ka'belha See fewer	The Message (1976)
El Toukhy Tawfiq Seebo (as El Tokhy Tawfik) Seebo (as El Tokhy Tawfik) See fewer	A Word of Honor (1972)