Arabesque (1966)
Ultra Mod. Ultra Mad. Ultra Mystery.
105 min
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?
- Release date
- May 4, 1966
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $4,800,000
Trailer
Cast
- Gregory Peck as Prof. David Pollock
- Sophia Loren as Yasmin Azir
- Alan Badel as Beshraavi
- Kieron Moore as Yussef Kasim
- Carl Duering as 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
Crew
- Stanley Donen · Director
- Julian Mitchell · Writer
- Stanley Price · Writer
- Peter Stone · Writer
- Gordon Cotler · Writer
- Stanley Donen · Producer
- Henry Mancini · Composer
- Christopher Challis · Cinematographer
- Frederick Wilson · Editor