A Million Pounds
A Million Pounds (, transliterated as Milyun junayh) is an Egyptian film released in 1953. Synopsis. Construction workers find a treasure worth one million Egyptian pounds left by the late Zumrud Agha while renovating his house. Agha specified that the estate be divided by the heirs and left the next-of-kin as trustee in charge of determining whether the estate would be donated or inherited. The heirs are discovered to be Mukhtar Abdul-Jabbar (Mahmoud al-Meliguy), a wealthy stock speculator; Marzouk Abu Sunna (Abdel Fatah al-Kasri, a fruit vendor; and Aisha Umm al-Khail (Zeinat  Sedki), a compulsive horse racing gambler; Wafaa (Samira Ahmed, a flight attendant; and Bilbel Abu al-Fadl (nicknamed “Falafel” and played by Naima Akef), a homeless woman that was designated the next-of-kin. Falafel and her friend “Prince” (Mahmoud Shokoko) live in poverty, but she initially refuses to go with inheritance fearing the heirs would squander the money. She relents when she learns that Wafaa wants to help her fiancé, engineer Fathi Hosni (Shoukry Sarhan), fulfill his dreams, in part due to Falafel's secret love of Fathi. Falafel's relatives begin wasting the money as predicted, including even  Wafaa, who leaves her fiancé after becoming rich. Therefore, Falafel decides to donate what remains. Songs. Among the most notable songs in the score is "الشاب الأسمر" (“Brown Young Man”), originally sung by Najah Salam and covered by Naima Akef here.