The Monster (1954 film)


The Monster is a 1954 Egyptian crime film directed by Salah Abouseif. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was one of the first films to be labelled as a "social documentary thriller" by cinema writer Georges Sadoul for its use of documentary style, depictions of police abuse, and backdrop of life in the Egyptian countryside.

Plot

Abdel Sabour is a thief and a smuggler known as The Beast. He wreaks havoc in a village in upper Egypt, where everyone is afraid of him, including the police. He enjoyed the protection of Redwan Pasha who in turn used him as an assassin to eliminate his rivals. Assigned to arrest The Beast, Officer Raouf Saleh was sent to the village, together with his wife and son. The Beast and his gang work together, trying to dispose of the officer and his family, in every way possible.

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