The Black Market (1945)

Cast

Zaki Rostom, Emad Hamdy, Abdel Fattah ElQosari, Aqeila Rateb, Mohamed Kamal ElMasry

Overview

A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into an alliance with comprador merchants. Their goal is to hoard scarce commodities during the World WAR II, and then to sell them at vastly inflated prices. Eventually the grocer's neighbors rebel at his tactics. They call in the national athorities and the black marketeers are brought to justice.