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Cast
Fouad Al-Mohandes
as Shanbo Mustafa Shanbo
Shwikar
as Doria Salem
Youssef Wahby
as Professor Darwish, uncle of Doria
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
as Ali Capone
Samir Sabri
as Mms
Zouzou Chakib
as Umm Doria Salem
Mohamed Sobeih
as Sayed Dillinger/Comanda
Zakaria Mouafi
as Ibrahim Mussolini
Hussain Ismael
as Cast
Raoheya Khaled
as Fahima, Darwish’s sister
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1968
Runtime2h 10m
LanguageArabic
CertificationNR
GenresComedy, Crime, Mystery
Votes2
DirectorHossam El Dine Mostafa
WritersHossam El Dine Mostafa
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.5 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsShanbu Fi Al-Musayda
About Shanbu Fi Al-Musayda
Shanbo is an accounting employee in a bakery, who offers to a young journalist his story production to be published in the magazine she works for, and through the working relationship between Shanbo and the girl, a love story between them interferes with the events of the plot to assassinate the wealthy, miserly aunt, which her nephew is planning to capture Shanbo and get the wealth and the girl and shanbo tries to prove his innocence of the charge.
Directed by Hossam El Dine Mostafa, Shanbu Fi Al-Musayda leans on a strong ensemble — Fouad Al-Mohandes, Shwikar, Youssef Wahby — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 1968.
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