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Arabesque (1966)
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Story of international intrigue involving a university professor, an Arab prime minister, a ruthless businessman, a beautiful spy, and hieroglyphics. Director:Stanley Donen |
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| Gregory Peck | ... |
Prof. David Pollock
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| Sophia Loren | ... | ||
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Alan Badel | ... |
Beshraavi
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Kieron Moore | ... |
Yussef Kasim
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Carl Duering | ... |
Hassan Jena
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John Merivale | ... |
Maj. Sylvester Pennington Sloane
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Duncan Lamont | ... |
Webster
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George Coulouris | ... |
Ragheeb
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Ernest Clark | ... |
Beauchamp
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Harold Kasket | ... |
Mohammed Lufti
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Professor David Pollock is an expert in ancient Arabic hieroglyphics. A Middle Eastern Prime Minister convinces Pollock to infiltrate the organization of a man named Beshraavi, 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 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. Written by E.W. DesMarais <jlongst@aol.com>
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Ragheeb's Wife: "We"? Who's "we"?
David Pollock: A girl. Her family's in great danger. Her mother and sisters, General Ali will kill them.
Ragheeb's Wife: Is the girl named Yasmin Azir?
David Pollock: Yes.
Ragheeb's Wife: And she told you that her mother and her sisters are in danger?
David Pollock: Yes.
Ragheeb's Wife: Yasmin has no such family, Mr Pollock. There is only her father. General Ali would never harm him.
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Gregory Peck found the stunts particularly difficult because of an old leg injury due to horseback riding. So during the cornstalk scene Peck had to keep telling Sophia Loren to slow down because it looked as if she were rescuing him and not the other way around. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: After the man has been drowned in the fish tank, there are several shots of the actors with the tank in the background. In all but one of the shots, the drowned man is seen floating on the surface. In the goofed shot, the drowned man can be seen swimming toward the side of the tank. See more »Quotes
David Pollock: Mrs. Ragheeb, I know this is a terrible time to trouble you, but I've got to know what that inscription means. I thought, perhaps, among your husband's notes... But he must have told you something. He must have mentioned where he got it, who gave it to him. We have to know.Ragheeb's Wife: "We"? Who's "we"?
David Pollock: A girl. Her family's in great danger. Her mother and sisters, General Ali will kill them.
Ragheeb's Wife: Is the girl named Yasmin Azir?
David Pollock: Yes.
Ragheeb's Wife: And she told you that her mother and her sisters are in danger?
David Pollock: Yes.
Ragheeb's Wife: Yasmin has no such family, Mr Pollock. There is only her father. General Ali would never harm him.
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