Director: Parviz Noori
Cast: Behrouz Vossoughi, Zahra Hatami, Bahman Mofid, Jalal Pishvaian
Rashid is a 1971 Iranian Film Farsi crime drama directed by Parviz Noori, starring Behrouz Vossoughi in the title role. Set against rugged forest landscapes, it follows a thief caught between greed, guilt, and the threat of police pursuit after a robbery goes fatally wrong.
What is Rashid about?
After a jewel theft leaves an elderly woman dead, Rashid hides the stolen gems inside an abandoned mine and flees deep into the forest. He takes shelter in a remote cabin already occupied by two fugitives, Hamed and Nazi, who are themselves hiding from the law. A local informant soon warns the pair that authorities are closing in on both a thief and their hideout. Hamed grows suspicious that Rashid may be connected to a separate killing — and proposes a dangerous bargain: split the jewels and scatter before the police arrive. Loyalties fracture as desperation tightens around each of them.
Cast & crew
Behrouz Vossoughi, one of Iranian cinema's most enduring leading men, carries the weight of the film as Rashid. Zahra Hatami and Bahman Mofid provide strong support, while Jalal Pishvaian rounds out the ensemble with characteristic intensity. Director Parviz Noori shapes the material into a tight genre piece rooted in the Film Farsi tradition.
Context & significance
Rashid belongs to the vibrant Film Farsi era of pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema — a period of commercially driven melodramas and crime pictures that spoke directly to working-class audiences. These films rarely get attention in international arthouse surveys, yet they form the backbone of a distinctly Persian popular cinema. For diaspora viewers, they carry nostalgia and historical texture in equal measure, offering a window into the social anxieties and moral codes of 1970s Iran. Noori's film, with its paranoid atmosphere and cast of desperate men, sits comfortably within the crime-thriller strand of that tradition.
Where & how to watch
Rashid is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.