Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Magdi William to
promote the 1956 97-minute Fatin Abdel Wahab black-and-white
film The Secret Police [al-bolis al-serri] starring Ismail
Yasseen based on a story by Hashem Gom'ah with screenplay and dialogue
by Ali El Zorkani and cinematography by Klelio. Plot summary: Esmail
Effendi [Ismail Yasseen] was a police private who had the job of
escorting a crazy person to a hospital for the mentally ill, but the
crazy person got away from him. Ismail went to his uncle Abed [Abdel
Salam Al Nabulsy] to get his help resolving the difficulty. The uncle
decided he would take the crazy person's place at the hospital for the
mentally ill, and then try to escape from the hospital. Ismail was
then transferred to the anti-crime office where he had to work with
Sergeant Major Bakir in his search for an unknown thief. Ismail and
Bakir disguised themselves as Spaniards and infiltrated the gang.
After a series of adventures they arrested the gang and Ismail was
promoted to sergeant and received a reward, which he gave to his
fiance Waza. When the crazy person was arrested Uncle Abed succeeded
in proving that he was not crazy and got out of the hospital.
