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The Secret Police, is a 1959 Egyptian movie, directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab, and starring Ismail Yasseen, Hassan Fayek, Abdelsalam Al-Nabulsi. with a runtime of 98 minutes.
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The Secret Police is an Egyptian comedy thriller that follows a police officer whose negligence allows a dangerous criminal — en route to a mental hospital — to escape custody. Fearing punishment for his blunder, the officer hatches an ill-conceived scheme to cover his tracks, setting off a chain of increasingly farcical complications. The film mines rich comic territory from the snowballing consequences of trying to hide one mistake behind another, delivering a satirical look at institutional incompetence and the lengths to which people go to avoid accountability.
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