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5 May 1966 (USA) moreTagline:
Ultra mod, ultra mad, ultra mysteryPlot:
Story of international intrigue involving a university professor, an Arab prime minister, a ruthless businessman, a beautiful spy, and hieroglyphics. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
Alfred Hitchcock Meets James Bond moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Gregory Peck | ... | Prof. David Pollock | |
| Sophia Loren | ... | Yasmin Azir | |
| Alan Badel | ... | Beshraavi | |
| Kieron Moore | ... | Yussef Kasim | |
| Carl Duering | ... | Hassan Jena | |
| John Merivale | ... | Maj. Sylvester Pennington Sloane | |
| Duncan Lamont | ... | Webster | |
| George Coulouris | ... | Ragheeb | |
| Ernest Clark | ... | Beauchamp | |
| Harold Kasket | ... | Mohammed Lufti |
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105 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
UK:A (1966) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | USA:Unrated | Argentina:13Fun Stuff
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Anachronisms: During most of the dash to the airport to prevent the assassination, it is pouring with rain out of a cloudless blue sky. moreQuotes:
Beshraavi: Mr. Pollock, very good of you to reonsider my proposal.David Pollock: I always try my best to cooperate with the very rich Mr. Beshraavi.
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If I had the impossible task of naming one film as "My Favorite Most Enjoyable Movie" this and it's bookend, "Charade," would be it.
It is Stanley Donen's near perfect blend of Alfred Hitchcock meets James Bond. Donen made two simply wonderful films in the Hitchcock mold. The first was Charade in 1963 with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Arabesque is the second. They make a marvelous bookend set.
Both films are light, breezy and loaded with wit and humorous dialog. Both feature classic Henry Mancini scores, stylish female ward-robing by the likes of Givenchy and Christian Dior and both feature memorable titles by 007's legendary title master, Maurice Binder.
But it's Arabesque's wildly inventive cinematography which sets it apart from virtually every other action film. The cinematography is pure art school. It's amazingly inventive use of reflection and shot within a shot camera work is what first interested me in the art of cinematography as a teenager. The cinematography in Arabesque fascinates me and entertains me no end to this day.
Gregory Peck's square yet hip college professor plays perfectly with Sophia Loren's chic spy - and Sophia was never more flat-out stunning. Wow! Check out Arabesque. It's two hours of great fun.