The Blue Bead

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The Blue Bead
Film poster
Directed by	Ertem Eğilmez
Written by	Zeki Alasya Ertem Eğilmez Sadık Şendil
Produced by	Ertem Eğilmez
Starring	Emel Sayın Tarık Akan Zeki Alasya Metin Akpınar Münir Özkul Halit Akçatepe Kemal Sunal Adile Naşit
Cinematography	Hüseyin Özşahin
Edited by	Arzu Film
Release date	January 1, 1974 (1974-01-01)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish

The Blue Bead (Turkish: Mavi Boncuk) is a 1974 Turkish comedy film, produced, co-written and directed by Ertem Eğilmez, featuring Turkish classical music singer Emel Sayın as a nightclub singer who is kidnapped by a gang of slackers after they are beaten and thrown out of the club where she works. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 1, 1974, is considered a comedy classic in its homeland.^[who?]