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Suspicious Affluence

Suspicious Affluence

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Suspicious Affluence

1937

1h 30m

10.0(1 votes)

Drama

Music

Overview

Shalom, a lottery salesman, and Abdo, a butcher's boy, are friends and live together in the same house. One day, the owner of the butcher shop dies, leaving his boy Abdo the shop and all his money. Abdo divides the inheritance between himself and his friend Shalom. This helps each of them marry his fiancée and start their own businesses.

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Shalom

شالوم (بائع ورق يانصيب)

Zouzou Labib

Zouzou Labib

المطربة

Ahmed Elhaddad

Ahmed Elhaddad

عبده

Hassan Saleh

Hassan Saleh

والد أمينة

عدالات

عدالات

إستر - خطيبة شالوم

محمد السلاموني

محمد السلاموني

سلمون - والد إستر

Ibrahim Heshmat

Ibrahim Heshmat

فيكتوريا فارحي

فيكتوريا فارحي

Souad Ahmed

Souad Ahmed

حماة عبده

عبده محرم

عبده محرم

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Directed by: Togo Mizrahi
Written by: Togo Mizrahi

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