A Rumor of Love

A Rumor of Love
Directed byFatin Abdel Wahab
Screenplay by
  • Mohamed Abou Youssef
  • Ali El-Zorkani
Produced byMahmoud Farid
Starring
CinematographyKamal Korayem
Edited byHussein Ahmad
Distributed byDollar Film
Release date
  • 21 November 1960 (1960-11-21)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

A Rumor of Love (aka The Love Rumor; Arabic: إشاعة حب – Eshaet Hob or Ishayat hub) is a 1960 Egyptian film by the director Fatin Abdel Wahab. The movie tells a story of a young man and the trouble he goes through to court the girl he is in love with. With the help of his uncle, the father of the girl, he manages to make her fall in love with him – but not after the entire town hears rumors about his womanizing ways.

The film based on The Whole Town's Talking, a play by Anita Loos and John Emerson.[1]

  1. ^ The Film's page on El Cinema.com. See (in Arabic)