Mister X is the head of an international smuggling ring in Chicago and arrives in Cairo to practice his activity. The police know about him and begin to watch him. The police exploit the great resemblance between X and the airport employee Zaki, so they exploit him in their mission, and the events follow in a comic form.
Acting
Fouad Al-Mohandes playing both smug crime lord and panicked everyman—pure technical joy.
Production
1967 Cairo captured in glossy Eastmancolor before it became retro.
Costume
Mr. X's villain wardrobe vs. Zaki's sad airport uniform—visual storytelling.
Director
Niazi Mostafa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures peak Egyptian commercial cinema before the 1967 war shifted national mood—optimistic, cosmopolitan, slightly naive.
Fouad Al-Mohandes reportedly insisted on playing both roles same-day with no body double, causing legendary on-set confusion.
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