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ضرب شست (1969)

ضرب شست poster
Directed by
Musa Afshar
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
Iran
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man refuses to give false testimony about a crime, so criminals frame him. He is sentenced to death and his son and the son's girlfriend search for proof to free him.

tensesuspensefulurgentgrittymelodramaticmoraldetermined1950's noir feel

What happens

ضرب شست فیلمی سیاه و سفید به کارگردانی و نویسندگی موسی افشار محصول سال ۱۳۴۸ خورشیدی است. مردي چون حاضر نمي شود در ماجرايي شهادت دروغ بدهد تبهكاران از راه انتقامجويي، در ماجرايي ساختگي او را متهم مي‌كنند. مرد محكوم به اعدام مي‌شود. پسر او به همراه دختر مورد علاقه اش در جستجوي مدرك مطمئنی جهت رهايي پدر برمي آيند. سرانجام پس از يك سلسله تعقيب و گريز قاتل اصلي را شناسايي كرده و او را تحويل پليس داده و پدر را از طناب دار نجات مي دهند. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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