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Plot Summary:
Khousosi works for his late uncle's company and he's mad in love with his cousin Bolbola and wishes to marry her, but her mother is against it because she believes he's after the family's fortune. Feeling depressed, he seeks the help of Sami, the company's secretary who arranges for him to meet a hired killer in order to finish him off and cause Bolbola to regret her mistreatment towards him. Khousosi doesn't know that Sami intends to marry Bolbola as well, and also has plans to take over the company with the help of a cheating contractor. Later, Khousosi finds an old man in his apartment who turns out to be the killer but he doesn't murder him, and instead he suggests that he must fake his death to see how people are going to react to the news of his suicide. On the following day, Bolbola reads about her cousin's death in the newspaper, and that is when Sami tells her that he has embezzled lots of money from her company. It is up to Khousosi to prove his innocence to the world and to.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: detective
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IMDB Votes: 235
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IMDB Votes: 143
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
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