14 Oct 1967
The Second Wife
A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village with his power.
Whom Should We Shoot?
The film describes the political and economical corruption in 70s’ Egypt, through the relationship between a powerful man and his wife’s ex-fiance.
Top Billed Cast
Soad Hosny Tahany
محمود ياسين Mustafa Hussein
Gamil Ratib Rushdy Abdul Baqi
Ezzat Al Alaily Adel
Ferdoos Abdel Hamid Badrya
Magdy Wahba Samy Abdul Raouf
Hassan Abdeen 
Ahmed Tawfiq Qasim Al-Ganzouri
علي الشريف Prisoner Rizq Zaki Abdullah
Adly Kasseb Abu Tahani
Wedad Hamdy Umm Tahani
Hassan Hussein Sadiq
Nabil ElDessouqy Hossam El Din Khalil
Mahmoud ElZohairy 
Galeela Mahmoud 
Mohamed Abu Hasheesh Abdul Majeed, prison guard
Qadria Qadry Zeenat, Hussein's wife
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