Criminal on Vacation, A [mogrem fi egaza] (1958) - (Farid Shawqi) original stone litho Egyptian film poster F, NM **jg**

Size: 27" x 39"

Price: SOLD

Condition: Folded, Near Mint

This film is an adaptation of the 1954 Joseph Losey film The Sleeping Tiger starring Dirk Bogarde.

Is crime hereditary or is it the product of a corrupt environment in which some people can live? That is the question and it is also what confused the attorney Batala. In a discussion about crime he would say it is the product of environment and not heredity. He ran a practical experiment and put a fugitive criminal addicted to crime in an environment without any criminal influences. He invited him to his home where he lived with him as a friend. Then the attorney's wife betrayed him. She offered her love to the criminal. He rejected it at first then responded. His gang organized the theft of the assets of a tram company. He went out and stole the money then hid it in the attorney's house without telling him about it or returning it to the cashier. The attorney took the criminal to the cashier's home to see for himself what he would have done to the poor cashier if he had stolen the cash. Two things finally caught up with the criminal's conscience. They were his true love for the attorney's maid and his love for the small child the gang ran over with its car when it was committing the crime of theft. He turned away from crime and the consequences of his last crime. Then he married the maid and the unfaithful wife died. The attorney's research conclusion was that if the criminal found himself surrounded by good and lived a good life and if his heart beat with sensitivity and high emotion, his outlook would change from that of a criminal to a foundation of purity, and the good would prevail.

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