

Poor Millionaire
1959, Arabic. Directed by Hasan El-Saifi.
The mayor sends Jaafar Effendi (with Ismail Yassin in turn) and with him 500 pounds to take him to Cairo to buy a net for his son. But he is robbed by a thief (Abbas Abbas, for his part). He is forced to work in a hotel. There, he meets a girl (Fayza Ahmed), who works in the communications department at the hotel, and they are very impressed.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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- Released
- 1 January 1959
- Original title
- المليونير الفقير
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Abdel Ghani Qamar
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Poor Millionaire runs 107 minutes (1h 47m).
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Poor Millionaire isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1959. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Poor Millionaire?
Poor Millionaire (1959) was directed by Hasan El-Saifi and stars Ismail Yaseen, Fayza Ahmed, Abbas Fares.