The Peacock (Arabic: الطاووس, translit: Al-Tawous) is an Egyptian crime thriller film released in 1982. It stars Nour El-Sherif, Salah Zulfikar, Laila Taher and Raghda. The film is directed by Kamal El Sheikh and written by Abdelhay Adib.
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Plot
Nadia is married to Hamdi and they live with Samiha; the younger sister of Nadia, their uncle Hussein is a Forensic psychologist. Hamdi is secretly in love with his wife's sister but he can't do anything about it, until one day he murders his wife and try to win her sister’s heart but her uncle Hussein knows about the crime of Hamdi and he tries with the help of the police to make him fall into their trap without knowing.
Cast
Nour El-Sherif as Hamdi
Salah Zulfikar as Hussein
Laila Taher as Nadia
Raghda as Samiha
Salah Rashwan as Nabil
Adel Hashem as the investigator
Muhammad Safwat as Police officer
Fadia Okasha as Enayat
Diaa Al-Mirghani as The pickpocket
Youssef Al-Assal as Receptionist
Ikhlas Hosni
Bassem Sedky
Fouad Atallah
Mustafa Al-Mahdi
Nassif Abul-Enein
Hassan Totala
Samia Samy
Reception
The film was a box-office and critical success. Main cast actor Salah Zulfikar won the Ministry of Culture award in best actor role.