- Arabesque (film)
Infobox Film
name = Arabesque
image_size = 200px
caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director =Stanley Donen
producer = Stanley Donen
Denis Holt
writer =Julian Mitchell
Stanley PricePeter Stone
starring =Gregory Peck Sophia Loren Alan Badel John Merivale Harold Kasket
music =Henry Mancini
cinematography =Christopher Challis
editing = Frederick Wilson
distributor =Universal Pictures
released = flagicon|USMay 5 ,1966
flagicon|UKJuly 28
runtime = 105 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
amg_id = 1:2744
imdb_id = 0060121"Arabesque" is a 1966 thriller starring
Gregory Peck andSophia Loren . The movie is based onGordon Cotler 's novel "The Cypher" and directed byStanley Donen , who also directed "Charade ", "Indiscreet", "Funny Face ", "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ", and "Saturn 3 ".Plot
Professor David Pollock (Peck) is an expert in ancient Arabic hieroglyphics at
Oxford University . A Middle Eastern Prime Minister convinces Pollock to infiltrate the organization of a man named Beshraavi (Alan Badel ), who is involved in a plot against the Prime Minister. The nature of the plot is believed to be found in a hieroglyphic code. Beshraavi's mistress, Yasmin Azir (Loren) is a mystery intertwined in the plot. Pollock needs her help, but when she repeatedly seems to double cross him in one escapade after another, he can't decide on whose side she is working. Ultimately working together, Pollock and Yasmin decipher the plot and set out to stop an assassination of the Prime Minister.ee also
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Crumlin, Caerphilly , the location at which the railway bridge action scene was filmed on the historic Viaduct, which was being dismantled at the time.References
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*imdb title|title=Arabesque|id=0060121
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