Movie: Born to Be a Criminal

Top 10 Billed Cast

Mohamed Henedi
محمد هنيدي

Taha

Lebleba
لبلبة

Taha's Mother

Bushra
Bushra

Rehab

Said Tarabeek
سعيد طرابيك

Taha's Father

Khaled Zaki
Khaled Zaki

Salem Nagy

Ahmed Salah ElSaadany
أحمد صلاح السعدني

Detective

Amr Mcgyver
Amr Mcgyver

COP

Zizi Mostafa
Zizi Mostafa

Muhammad Nasr
Muhammad Nasr

Abd Allah Meshref
Abd Allah Meshref

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    Our man has about everything against him : he is short, weak, so simple, with an IQ far below the average. There is no wonder why he keeps on being teased by his friends, parents and even fiancee. But circumstances will turn him into a hero and then a vicious criminal feared by all. Half-educated and out-of-work, Taha, is kidnapped by a gang of thieves in his hometown Alexandria. Unbeknownst to them, neither Taha's mother nor his girlfriend has a fraction of the ransom

  • Release Date

    2006-06-01

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    5.911

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    العربية
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