
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?
Release Date: 1966-05-04
Thriller
Comedy
Mystery
Action
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Casts

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