Streets of Fire

Streets of Fire (, transliterated as Shawera men nar) is an Egyptian film released on March 12, 1984. The film is directed by Samir Seif and features a screenplay adapted from the film Irma La Douce, directed by Billy Wilder. It stars Nour El-Sherif and Madiha Kamel. Cast Nour El-Sherif (Imam al-Sayyid al-Masry) Madiha Kamel (Nafisa Imran/Nousa) Laila Elwi (Ensaf Imran) Sayed Zayan (Jalal) Mohamed Reda (Sayyid al-Masry) Nagah el-Mogui (Qarni) Naima al-Saghir (Pedroon) Karima Sharif (Basima) Omaima Selim (Gamalat) Zakariya Mowafi (Al-Usul) Ahmed Abu Obeya (Al-Tamraji/Al-Barman) Hanem Muhammad (Mother of Imam al-Sayyid al-Masry) Qassem el-Daly (Awaden) Sharifa Zeitoun (Aziza) Plot In the 1940s, a policeman named Imam al-Sayyid al-Masry moves from Ismailia to Cairo to work in the red-light district. He falls in love with a prostitute named Nousa, who works for a pimp named Jalal, without knowing her profession. Imam defends her from a British soldier who blocks her path in the street and assaults her, thereby losing his place on the police force after a trial. Thus out of work, Imam returns to the neighborhood to search for work, ultimately becoming a pimp himself and winning a turf war with Jalal. Imam becomes a neighborhood magistrate, abolishes prostitution in the district, turns his brothel into a nightclub, and joins the guerrillas resisting British occupation. Production The film is based on the 1963 film Irma la Douce, starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine and directed by Billy Wilder.