Beware of Pickpockets

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Beware of Pickpockets, is a 1949 Egyptian movie, directed by Mahmoud Ismail, and starring Mahmoud Ismail, Tahiya Cariocca, Mahmoud Shoukoko. with a runtime of 114 minutes.

Overview

Beware of Pickpockets is a light Egyptian comedy built around two con artists — Abdo Al-Aw and Kiki Shanakle — who meet by chance in a hotel, each pretending to be wealthy to impress the other. Once their mutual bluff is called, the two swindlers forge an unlikely partnership and set their sights on a far more tempting target: an Indian Maharaja staying at the same hotel whose precious jewelry they scheme to steal. The film delivers rapid-fire comic situations and a playful cat-and-mouse dynamic as the duo plot their elaborate heist.

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