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Arabesque

Name: Arabesque
Director: Stanley Donen
Genre: Thriller, Comedy, Mystery, Action
Released: 1966
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore, Carl Duering

When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information believed to be in hieroglyphic code and must also contend with a mysterious man called Beshraavi. Meanwhile, Beshraavi's lover, Yasmin Azir, seems willing to aid Pollock -- but is she really on his side?

1966 · Directed by Stanley Donen · 105 min · Thriller · Comedy · Mystery · Action · 10 frames

Tagline

Ultra Mod. Ultra Mad. Ultra Mystery.

Crew

Screenplay: Peter Stone, Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price
Cinematography: Christopher Challis
Edited by: Frederick Wilson
Music: Henry Mancini
Produced by: Stanley Donen

Cast

Gregory Peck as Prof. David Pollock
Sophia Loren as Yasmin Azir
Alan Badel as Nejim Beshraavi
Kieron Moore as Yussef Kasim
Carl Duering as Prime Minister Hassan Jena
John Merivale as Maj. Sylvester Pennington Sloane
Duncan Lamont as Webster
George Coulouris as Ragheeb
Ernest Clark as Beauchamp
Harold Kasket as Mohammed Lufti

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Universal Pictures, Stanley Donen Films
Budget: $4,800,000
Themes: london, england, spy, professor, body double, political assassination, political intrigue , hieroglyph, cipher, spy thriller, woman spy

More by Stanley Donen

Funny Face — 1957
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers — 1954
Bedazzled — 1967
Indiscreet — 1958
On the Town — 1949
Charade — 1963
Two for the Road — 1967

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