Night of the Hunchback (Persian: شب قوزی, romanized: Shab-e Quzi) is a 1965 Iranian film comedy, directed and produced by Farrokh Ghaffari.

[1][2] The film script was based on a story from One Thousand and One Nights, but arranged for modern city life in Tehran.

[3] Asghar Ghuzi (The Hunchback) is a member of a Persian traditional comedy troupe who perform in theatres or rich people’s houses.

One night after the end of a private performance at the residence of a wealthy couple, the landlady (the hostess) gives Asghar a piece of paper, on which is a list of smugglers, to deliver to someone.

The owners of the barbershop, who are smugglers and intend to go on a trip, put Asghar's body in the yard of a house where there happens to be a wedding reception.