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Widow Wanted

1965-12-09 · 95 min · ★ 6.0

Drama · Comedy

One of Ahmed's relatives dies and leaves him a huge fortune to inherit, but on one condition, which is to search for a widow to marry, and he continues to search again and again for someone suitable for the task.

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Directors
Essa Karama
Production companies
أفلام الشعلة
Countries
Egypt
Status
Released

Top Cast

Nadia LotfiNadia LotfiSuad - سعاد
Hasan YoussefHasan YoussefAhmed Al-Bakhshundi - أحمد البخشوندي
Yousuf ShaabanYousuf ShaabanMounir - منير
Mohamed AwadMohamed AwadHussein - حسين
Tawfiq Al-DeqenTawfiq Al-DeqenHanafi - حنفي
Thuraya FakhryThuraya FakhryUmm Ali - أم علي - الدادة العذراء
Safa El GamilSafa El Gamilالعريس المنتظر
Faten Al ShoubashiFaten Al Shoubashiمنى
Salwa saeedSalwa saeedهاله - زوجة شاكر
Ahmed ShawqiAhmed Shawqiشاكر - مدير التحرير
Fifi SaeedFifi Saeedوالدة منى
Abbas RahmyAbbas Rahmyعباس
Eskandar MansyEskandar Mansyمختار صديق - المحامي
Hafez AminHafez Aminعبدالعزيز - وكيل المحامي
Mokhtar El SayedMokhtar El Sayedضابط النجدة
Fatheia ShahinFatheia Shahinخالة سعاد
Hussain IsmaelHussain Ismaelبرعي - من رجال حنفي
Sayed MahmoudSayed Mahmoudمن رجال حنفي
Abd El Nabi MohamedAbd El Nabi Mohamedالمأذون
Abdel Moneim SaudiAbdel Moneim Saudiالطبيب

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