A Woman on the Road

A man lives with a former belly dancer who has agreed to marry him, even if she prefers his older brother.

Cast

Rushdy Abaza

as صابر فرج الصعيدى

Huda Sultan

as لواحظ

Shoukry Sarhan

as حسنين فرج الصعيدي

Zaki Rostom

as المعلم فرج الصعيدى

Abdel Ghani Qamar

as الحاج امين عبد الصبور

Amaal Farid

as بهية منصور

Mohammad Tawfiq

as على - العربجى

Shafiq Nour ElDein

as الشيخ منصور

Mahmoud Farag

as عبد الحى

Hasan Hamed

as سلامه

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