The Criminal
1978, Arabic. Directed by Salah Abu Seif.
Monier takes advantage of Zaghloul's naivety to take advantage of his family's financial resources to fund his gambling addiction. But he takes it one step further when he throws Zaghloul into the Nile and pretends that he couldn't save him.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
- Rated
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- Released
- 3 September 1978
- Original title
- المجرم
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- ElSayed Bedir, Naguib Mahfouz, Salah Abu Seif
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The Criminal runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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The Criminal isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 September 1978. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Criminal?
The Criminal (1978) was directed by Salah Abu Seif and stars Shams El-Barudy, Hasan Youssef, Mohamed Awad.