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Viva Zalata
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Wikipedia article
'Viva Zalata' is a 1976 Egyptian western comedy film directed by Hassan Hafez. in French
Synopsis
Zalata immigrates to New Mexico, where he becomes a city hero and eventually mayor. After he is killed by Billy the Kid, his daughter Negma returns to Egypt to find her cousin Metwali for a revenge mission. A playboy and more lover than fighter, Metwali decides to accompany his cousin back to New Mexico. Learning a lot along the way, he avenges his uncle and marries Negma, returning to the Al-Hussainiya neighborhood of Cairo to settle down.
Cast
* Fouad el-Mohandes as Zalata/Metwali
* Shwikar as Negma
* Samir Ghanem as Chief Yellow Cloud
* Tawfik el-Deken as wagon train leader
* Nabila El Sayed as saloon owner
* Hassan Mustafa as the Sheriff
* Mahmoud Morsi
* Gamal Ismail as General Batista
* Salama Elias as casino owner
* Nabil Al-Hajrasi as respresentative of the Ministry of Tourism
* Osama Abbas as United States government representative
* Nabil Badr as Mexican government representative
* Zouzou Shakib as Zainab al-Alameh
* Seif Allah Mokhtar as follower of Zalata
* Helmi Halali as wagon train member
* Hassan Abdin as King Size
* Ahmed Nabil as follower of Zalata
* Mohamed Taha as friend of Metwali
* Ahmed Shokry
* Mahmoud Abu Zeid as Qazaa, the sheriffs deputy
* Zakariya Mowafi as Hani, the saloon owners son
* Izz al-din Islam as undertaker
* Almontaser Bellah as follower of Zalata
* Samiha Mohamed as shopkeepers wife
* Sayed Mounir
* Hussein Fahmy as Billy the Kid
* El-Toukhy Tawfiq as wagon train member
* Mohamed Sobhi
See also
* Cinema of Egypt
* Lists of Egyptian films
* List of Egyptian films of the 1970s
* List of Egyptian films of 1976
References
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