

Arabesque
Ultra Mod. Ultra Mad. Ultra Mystery.
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?
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4.8M
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- london, england
- spy
- professor
- body double
- political assassination
- political intrigue
- hieroglyph
- cipher
- spy thriller
- woman spy
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical5 May 1966
BrazilBR
- TV14Universal4 Jul 2000
FranceFR
- TheatricalU5 Jun 1966
GermanyDE
- Theatrical124 May 1966
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1219 Aug 1966
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical9 Oct 1968
SwedenSE
- Theatrical153 Oct 1966
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Arabesque was released on 4 May 1966.
Audience reviews
3- J7/10
John Chard
9/25/2014
Swell! Arabesque is directed by Stanley Donen and collectively adapted by Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price and Pierre Marton from Gordon Cotler's novel The Cypher. It stars Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, John Merivale and Harold Kasket. A Panavision/Technicolor production with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Christopher Challis. Hieroglyphics expert David Pollock (Peck) is thrust into a worl…
- J7/10
JPV852
9/6/2021
Fun little espionage-romance-thriller featuring the wonderful duo of Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren. Gets a bit confusing and still don't quite understand the point of the cipher to begin with, but has some thrilling scenes and a solid finale. Nothing terribly memorable and certainly has shades of Charade (same writer and director) released three years prior, yet still worth checking out. **3.5/5**
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
9/2/2024
This is quite an enjoyable romantic thriller that brings out the best in both Gregory Peck - as the hapless academic and Sophia Loren as the duplicitous girlfriend of our baddie Alan Badel. The premiss is a shade too convoluted - the professor is recruited to help track down and decipher an hieroglyphic scroll that may prevent the assassination of a Middle Eastern Prime Minister. There are loads of red herrings and a…
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