Overview:
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?| Status: | Released (1966-05-04) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 4 nominations total |
| Screen: | Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price, Peter Stone |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures, Stanley Donen Films |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 8487: Gregory Peck - Prof. David Pollock
- 16757: Sophia Loren - Yasmin Azir
- 39065: Alan Badel - Nejim Beshraavi
- 101678: Kieron Moore - Yussef Kasim
- 2272: Carl Duering - Prime Minister Hassan Jena
- 99527: John Merivale - Maj. Sylvester Pennington Sloane
- 29659: Duncan Lamont - Webster
Crews
- 9755: Yves Saint Laurent - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 13284: Stanley Donen - Director - Directing
- 129673: Gordon Cotler - Novel - Writing
- 1938: Henry Mancini - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 19245: Frederick Wilson - Editor - Editing
- 13284: Stanley Donen - Producer - Production
- 30923: Christopher Challis - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
John Chard
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Swell! Arabesque is directed by Stanley Donen and collectively adapted by Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price and Pierre Marton from Gordon Cotler's novel The Cypher. It stars Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, John Merivale and Harold Kasket. A Panavision/Technicolor production w ....
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Fun little espionage-romance-thriller featuring the wonderful duo of Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren. Gets a bit confusing and still don't quite understand the point of the cipher to begin with, but has some thrilling scenes and a solid finale. Nothing terribly memorable and certainly ....
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This is quite an enjoyable romantic thriller that brings out the best in both Gregory Peck - as the hapless academic and Sophia Loren as the duplicitous girlfriend of our baddie Alan Badel. The premiss is a shade too convoluted - the professor is recruited to help track down and deci ....
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