Arabesque

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?

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

Reviews

John Chard

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 with music by Hen...

JPV852

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 has shades of Ch...

CinemaSerf

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 decipher an hierogly...

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