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Born to Be a Criminal(2006)
Status: Released
Date: 2006-06-01
59%
28 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
Overview:
Our man has about everything against him : he is short, weak, so simple, with an IQ far below the average. There is no wonder why he keeps on being teased by his friends, parents and even fiancee. But circumstances will turn him into a hero and then a vicious criminal feared by all. Half-educated and out-of-work, Taha, is kidnapped by a gang of thieves in his hometown Alexandria. Unbeknownst to them, neither Taha's mother nor his girlfriend has a fraction of the ransom
Languages: Arabic.
Countries:
Egypt
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Born to Be a Criminal
Top 10 Billed Cast
محمد هنيدي
Taha
لبلبة
Taha's Mother
Bushra
Rehab
سعيد طرابيك
Taha's Father
Khaled Zaki
Salem Nagy
أحمد صلاح السعدني
Detective
Zizi Mostafa
Muhammad Nasr
Abd Allah Meshref
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Overview
Our man has about everything against him : he is short, weak, so simple, with an IQ far below the average. There is no wonder why he keeps on being teased by his friends, parents and even fiancee. But circumstances will turn him into a hero and then a vicious criminal feared by all. Half-educated and out-of-work, Taha, is kidnapped by a gang of thieves in his hometown Alexandria. Unbeknownst to them, neither Taha's mother nor his girlfriend has a fraction of the ransom
Release Date
2006-06-01
Average
5.911
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