{{Infobox film | name = Knucklebones | image = Knucklebones1.jpg
| alt = | caption = A scene of the film | native_name = ''{{lang|fa|سهقاپ}}'' | director = Zakaria Hashemi | producer = Behrouz Sayyadi | writer = | screenplay = Zakaria Hashemi | story = | based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} --> | narrator = | starring = Naser malek Motiee <br /> Bahman Mofid <br /> Shahruz Ramtin <br /> Hasan Khayat-Bashi <br /> Hossein Gil <br /> Morvarid <br /> Ahmad Hashemi | music = Morteza Hannaneh | cinematography = Behrouz Sayyadi | editing = | studio = Imazh film <ref>{{cite web|title=سهقاپ |url=http://www.sourehcinema.com/Title/Title.aspx?id=138109130644 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930040329/http://www.sourehcinema.com/Title/Title.aspx?id=138109130644 |archivedate=2013-09-30 }}</ref> | distributor = Payam Cinematic Institute | released = {{Film date|1971}} | runtime = 105 minutes | country = Iran | language = Persian | budget = | gross = }} '''''Knucklebones''''' ({{langx|fa|سهقاپ}}) (also known as '''The Gamble''') is a 1971 Iranian film directed by Zakaria Hashemi. It stars Naser Malek Motiee, Bahman Mofid, Shahrzad, and Morvarid.<ref name=mubi>{{cite web|title=Knucklebones|url=http://mubi.com/films/knucklebones|publisher=Mubi.Com|accessdate=6 September 2013}}</ref><ref name=imdb>{{cite web|title=Knucklebones (1971)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320430/|publisher=IMDb.Com|accessdate=6 September 2013}}</ref><ref name=youtube>{{cite web|title=Se-ghap (Knucklebones) (1971) - Directed By Zakaria Hashemi|url=//www.youtube.com/watch?v=EywHyqO4HG4|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=6 September 2013}}</ref>
== Plot == Borzou is an expert at gambling and spends most of his life getting a fortune by gambling and stealing. He marries a woman named Maryam (Morvarid) and continues his lifestyle of gambling despite being married. He prioritizes his friends Ali Tatar (Bahman Mofid) and Khalife (Hassan Khayat Bashi) over his wife. Soon, he gets into more dangerous crime with criminals like Assadollah Mir Ghazal (Hossein Gale), Mahmoud the Escaper (Shahrouz Ramtin), Hossein Joo Joo (Ahmad Hashemi). Maryam is unhappy and begs him to give his crime life up to care for their unborn child. He agrees but this does not last long. Ali Tatar asks Borzou to help him get money for his sister's dowry. He realizes that he has to gamble again to raise the money.<ref name="iranfilmbook">{{cite journal|last1=Aghighi|first1=Saeed|title=The Gamble|journal=Global Film Directory: Iran|date=2012|volume=10|page=122}}</ref>
In order to win the money by gambling he must meet in a crypt owned by Jabbar the Beautiful (Mohammad Bahrami) who sells bodies from the crypt. On the way to the crypt, Borzou buys a doll for his daughter. Initially, the game with Jabbar goes well but Borzou resorts to cheating. Once Jabbar catches him, all three get in a fight which results in Ali and Borzou getting stabbed. Even though he is badly wounded, Borzou manages his way home and dies just after delivering the doll to his wife.<ref name="iranfilmbook" />
==Cast== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ |- ! Actor ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |- | Naser Malek Motiee | ''Borzou'' | The main role |- | Bahman Mofid | ''Ali Tatar'' | Borzou's best friend |- | Hossein Gil | ''Asdullah'' |Borzou's rival in Se-Ghap |- | Yadullah Shirandami | ''Esmal the Judge'' |Judge of the games |- | Shahruz Ramtin | ''Mahmud Farari'' |Asdullah's friend |- | Hasan Khayyat-Bashi | ''Abbas-e Khelifeh'' |Borzou's friend |- | Ahmad Hashemi | ''Hossein Juju'' |Asdullah's friend |- | Morvarid | ''Maryam'' |Borzou's wife |- | Mahmoud Bahrami | ''Jabbar kafan dozdeh'' | landlord |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|tt0320430}}
Category:Iranian drama films Category:1970s Persian-language films Category:1971 films Category:1971 black-and-white films Category:Iranian black-and-white films Category:1971 drama films Category:Persian-language drama films Category:1970s Iranian films