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Arabesque (1966)
Directed by Stanley Donen
“Ultra Mod. Ultra Mad. Ultra Mystery.”
Thriller, Comedy, Mystery, Action · 1h 45m
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
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
Windsor Davies
Policeman
Jimmy Gardner
Helmsley
Crew
- Director
- Stanley Donen
- Screenplay
- Peter Stone, Stanley Price, Julian Mitchell
- Novel
- Gordon Cotler
- Director of Photography
- Christopher Challis
- Original Music Composer
- Henry Mancini
- Editor
- Frederick Wilson
- Producer
- Stanley Donen
Details
- Release date
- 1966-05-04
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Thriller, Comedy, Mystery, Action
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Stanley Donen Films
- Budget
- $4,800,000