This folded undated rerelease Egyptian movie poster designed by Fathy
Al-Khodri was made to promote the 1959 100-minute Hassan El-Seify
black-and-white film The Highwayman starring Rushdy Abaza with
screenplay by Hassan El-Seify, story and dialogue by Zaki Saleh and
Stephan Rosti and cinematography by Alevise Orfanelli. Plot summary:
Wahid (Rushdy Abaza) had lost his father as a child. His mother took
care of him for a short time but then she also soon died. Wahid had a
friend named Abou Ezz who worked as a drug dealer. Abou Ezz taught
Wahid how to gamble and he lost all of his money. Then Abou Ezz
proposed that he take part in a narcotics smuggling operation to get
his money back. The police followed them and then Wahid was blamed for
the killing of his cousin the officer Galal. Wahid deplored the murder
and decided to kill his cousin's killer. He knew the killer was
Al-Asmar the Dark One, a member of Abou Ezz's gang. Al-Asmar
announced he was leaving the gang and going to Alexandria. Wahid
followed him, shot at him, then fled in an automobile he stopped on
the road driven by a singer (Hoda Soltan) with her writer friend. At
the singer's home Wahid told his story to the woman and then the
singer also talked about her past. Abou Ezz arrived at the home of the
singer; the police arrived at the same time and arrested the members
of Abou Ezz's gang. One of them admitted he was the killer Al-Asmar.
Wahid was released and decided to marry the singer.
