Swindler (Tokatçı) (translated)

Tokatçı (The Swindler) is a Turkish comedy directed by Natuk Baytan, with Kemal Sunal in the lead. Cem Film produced it and it runs about 83 minutes. It is a 1983 production.

Osman (Kemal Sunal), a villager, loves Emine (Nazan Saatçi), the daughter of his employer Hasan Ağa (Ali Şen). Hasan Ağa demands a bride price of 600,000 lira. Osman goes to Istanbul to save the money, often going hungry, but is robbed on the way home. He cannot marry Emine, and he also witnesses the death of his father, whose land has been taken from him.

Osman goes back to Istanbul and meets his army friend Şevket (Şevket Altuğ), who teaches him the tokat scam as a quick way to get rich. The title refers to that kind of street fraud. The cast also includes Ünal Gürel (Kara Erol), Selahattin Fırat (Deli Sait), Süheyl Eğriboz (Sarı Recep), Zeki Sezer (the gambler Avni), Muhteşem Durukan (Hüseyin), Hakkı Kıvanç, Abdi Algül, Zuhal Üstüntaş, Celal Yonat and Çetin Başaran.