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Streets of Fire

Streets of Fire

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 12, 1984

Genres

Crime, Drama

Original Title

شوارع من نار

Production Companies

Egypt Arab Films (Wassef Fayez)

Director

Samir Seif

Description

In the 1940s, the policeman Imam moves to Cairo to work in an area devoted to prostitution. There he falls in love with the prostitute Nusse who works with the bully Jalal without knowing that she is practicing this profession. He is defended by an imam who beats an English soldier who tries to intercept her and assault her. He is tried and dismissed from service, then returns to live in the neighborhood and look for work, and becomes a pimp, a quarrel between him and Jalal al-Fatwa. Each trying to prove his strength and impose his power.