The Death Ward

Jan 23, 1989

1h 45m

★ 5.5

Overview

Tawfiq imports spoiled food for children which causes thousands of children to fall ill. Despite the efforts of the journalist Nabila to expose him, he is able to escape abroad, so the officer in charge, Fouad, decides to take the law into his own hands.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

The Egyptian General Organization for Film and Television

أفلام رياض العريان

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Cast

Colonel Fouad

Nour El-Sherif

Tawfiq Sharbatly

Yehia El Fakharany

Nabila

Afaf Shoieb

Abdul Hamid

Hassan Abdeen

Tahiya

Aaidah Riyadh

prison warden

Hassan Hussein

Dr. Bahaa

Hamdy Youssef

Jalal - Editor-in-Chief

Sabri Abdel Aziz

Major General Hussein Nafi

Kamal Hussein

Karl

Hamdy El Sakhawy

Journalist

Raafat Raji

Hisham - Investigation Officer

Abdel Hamid Anis

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