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Bombshell Girl (Bomba Gibi Kız) (translated)

Movie · 1964 · 15 people

Orhan Aksoy directed the black-and-white Yeşilçam film Bomba Gibi Kız (Bombshell Girl) in 1964. Three well-known names of the period, Türkan Şoray, İzzet Günay and Sadri Alışık, share the leading roles. It tells of a heartbroken young man and of two men whose friendship turns into rivalry, in a world of casinos and gambling.

At its center is Erol Çelik. Abandoned by his girlfriend, Erol is a tough suburban lad and a cheating gambler, pushed into that life to some extent because nobody wants to hire a drifter. After a card game he is cornered by three men when a stranger steps in and saves him. At the address the mysterious man gave him, Erol finds a world of wealth: Kenan, who saved his life, owns a casino and offers him work. A life debt makes the two men friends, but an unexpected cause turns them into rivals. İzzet Günay plays Erol, Sadri Alışık plays Kenan and Türkan Şoray plays Leyla.

Bülent Oran and Aksoy wrote the script together. Hürrem Erman and Hulki Saner produced the film under Erman Film. The music is by Yorgo İlyadis and the cinematography by Kriton İlyadis and Costas Prosos.

DirectorOrhan Aksoy
Production companyErman Film

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Türkan Şoray Türkan Şoray Actor · 81 years old Leyla Sadri Alışık Actor · died at 69 Kenan İzzet Günay İzzet Günay Actor · 92 years old Erol Vahi Öz Artin Cingözyan Asım Nipton Police inspector Afif Yesari Gambler Hayrettin Akbay Emin Demirtay Hülya Demirtay Doğan Akbaş Necdet Ertan Hüseyin Güler Hakkı Kıvanç Actor · died at 83 Henchman Ahmet Koç Busboy Yaşar Şener Yaşar

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Through different eyes

AI-assisted editorial takes written from different viewer perspectives. They are not reader reviews; those are below.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Bringing Türkan Şoray, İzzet Günay and Sadri Alışık together in one film was one of 1960s Yeşilçam's favorite moves. Bomba Gibi Kız follows that familiar recipe of mixing sentiment and comedy: a friendship born of a life debt turns into rivalry for an unexpected reason. Yorgo İlyadis's music and the black-and-white images lend the casino world the graceful air of the period. Expecting a film centered on Türkan Şoray because of its title could mislead; the story belongs more to two men, Erol and Kenan.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The film's most interesting detail is why Erol is pushed into cheating at cards: nobody wants to hire a drifter. The gap between the suburban lad and the wealthy casino owner is the story's real ground. Kenan, who saved his life, offering him work reflects an order in which moving up seems possible only through a protector. The friendship sealed by a life debt also recalls the value Yeşilçam placed on loyalty. The film does not turn any of this into social criticism, but unemployment and urban poverty are clearly felt in the background.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

A black-and-white Yeşilçam tale of love and friendship that grandparents will enjoy. But the film's world is casinos, rigged card games and fights, and the hero is a cheating gambler. Not suitable for young children. If you watch it with teenagers, it is worth talking about how this is not a life to envy. For adults, an emotional, light evening film.

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