The Pickpocket (1970 film)

The Pickpocket (سارق المحفظة, transliterated as Sareq al-Ma’faza) is an Egyptian film released on February 2, 1970. The film is directed and written by Zoheir Bakir, features a screenplay by Yousry Hakim, and stars Rushdy Abaza, Soheir El-Morshidy, Mervat Amin, and Nabil Al-Hajrasi.

Cast

 * Rushdy Abaza (Tariq)
 * Soheir El-Morshidy (Souad)
 * Mervat Amin (Ehsan)
 * Nabil Al-Hajrasi (Jamil)

Synopsis
Tariq al-Fangari is a miserly man whose sisters suffer from his parsimony. When police shoot a pickpocket to death on a bus, the man’s wallet is swapped for that of Tariq and his siblings think that he is the deceased, leading him to ponder his life.