Viva Zalata (1976)
A comedy western coming from Egypt. The title, "Viva Zalata", clearly reminds to "Viva Zapata!" (1952, directed by Elia Kazan). A bandit of Egyptian origins leads a gang of Mexican outlaws terrorizing a small city at the border between Mexico and the U.S..
- Released
- 1976-05-24
- Genres
- Western, Comedy
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Hassan Hafez
- TMDB rating
- 4.8/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Fouad Al-Mohandes as Zalata / Metwally
- Shwikar as Negma
- Sameer Ghanem as Yellow Cloud
- Tawfiq Al-Deqen as Leader of the Trickers
- Nabila El Sayed as salon owner
- Hassan Mostafa as EL-Sherif
- Gamal Ismail as General Batista
- Salama Elias as Nightclub owner
- Nabil ElHegrassy
- Osama Abbas as US delegate
- Nabil Badr as Mexico representative
- Zouzou Chakib as Naima
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