''Kuwait Connection'' ( ar, ذئاب لا تاكل اللحم ) is a 1973
Egyptian action film directed by Lebanese director Samir A. Khouri and featuring a predominantly
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...
ian main cast with Lebanese and
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the no ...
i actors. The film was released on
DVD
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by Sabbah Media Corporation in 2002.
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Plot
Hired assassin Anwar (Ezzat El Alaili
Ezzat El Alaili ( ar, عزت العلايلي) (15 September 1934 – 5 February 2021) was an Egyptian actor who starred in over 300 films, TV series, and theatre plays since the 1960s. He had his bachelor's degree from the Higher Institute of The ...
) runs from the police and, wounded, takes refuge in rich libertine Walid's ( Mohsen Sarhan) mansion outside Kuwait City. As Anwar narrates his story to Walid's wife Soraya (Nahed Sherif
Nahed Sherif ( ar, ناهد شريف), (1 January 1942 – 7 April 1981) was an Egyptian actress who came to prominence in Egyptian and Lebanese films of the 1960s and 1970s.
Biography
Born Samiha Zaki El-Nial () and a Lycée Français du Caire ...
), it is revealed that he was an idealist reporter who became disillusioned with humanity after atrocities he witnessed (starting with Deir Yassin) and was drawn to the criminal world.
Cast
*Ezzat El Alaili
Ezzat El Alaili ( ar, عزت العلايلي) (15 September 1934 – 5 February 2021) was an Egyptian actor who starred in over 300 films, TV series, and theatre plays since the 1960s. He had his bachelor's degree from the Higher Institute of The ...
: Anwar
* Mohsen Sarhan: Walid
*Nahed Sherif
Nahed Sherif ( ar, ناهد شريف), (1 January 1942 – 7 April 1981) was an Egyptian actress who came to prominence in Egyptian and Lebanese films of the 1960s and 1970s.
Biography
Born Samiha Zaki El-Nial () and a Lycée Français du Caire ...
: Soraya
*Liz Sarkisian: Nihad, Walid's daughter
*Silvana Badrkhan: Linda, Anwar's partner
*Mohammed Al-Mansor
Mohammed Al-Mansor ( ar, محمد المنصور; born July 9, 1948) is a Kuwaiti actor. He belongs to a family of actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the tra ...
: Nihad's lover
References
External links
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''Dhiʼāb lā taʼakulu al-laḥm''
at ''ElCinema''
1973 films
1970s action adventure films
1970s Arabic-language films
Films set in Kuwait
Egyptian action adventure films
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