The Monster (Arabic: الوحش, romanized: Ell Wahsh) is a 1954 Egyptian crime film directed by Salah Abouseif.
[1] It was one of the first films to be labelled as a "social documentary thriller" by cinema writer Georges Sadoul for its use of documentary style, depictions of police abuse, and backdrop of life in the Egyptian countryside.
He wreaks havoc in a village in upper Egypt, where everyone is afraid of him, including the police.
He enjoyed the protection of Redwan Pasha (Abbas Fares) who in turn used him as an assassin to eliminate his rivals.
Assigned to arrest The Beast, Officer Raouf Saleh was sent to the village, together with his wife and son.