Arabesque

• 6.234 Thriller
• 1966-05-04
• 105 minutes mins

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?

Starring:

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

Director:

Stanley Donen

Writer:

Julian Mitchell Peter Stone Stanley Price