Dozd va paseban

1969 85 minutes Directed by Nosratollah Karimi

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About Dozd va paseban

A thief known as Taghi Ahoo steals useless things from poor people. A cop who has just moved into the neighborhood is told to find him. The chase runs through the district until the two meet.

Cast & crew

More about Dozd va paseban

Nosratollah Karimi wrote the comedy and is credited as director. Mahmoud Kushan is also credited. Pars Film produced it in 1969. A surviving copy runs 85 minutes.

Themes

  • A thief of useless objects
  • A new cop on the block
  • Taghi Ahoo finally cornered
  • Taghi Ahoo
  • thief
  • cop
  • neighborhood
  • Pars Film
  • comedy

Making

The studio later circulated a 1969 print under the English title The Thief and the Cop.

Preservation

Pars Film has circulated an 85-minute copy.

Notes

  • English title used by Pars Film: The Thief and the Cop.
  • Taghi Zohuri plays the thief. Habibollah Boloor, Mehri Rahmani, Masoud Asadollahi, Ali Miri, and Sorayya Beheshti are billed.
  • Farrokhlagha Houshmand, Hamideh Kheirabadi, and Simin Ghaffari are also billed.
  • Pars Film's own description calls the thief Taghi Ahoo and says he takes junk from the poor.

Scenes

  • The new cop is pointed at the old thief of the neighborhood.
  • Taghi Ahoo and the cop come face to face.