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Arabesque is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Stanley Donen released in USA on 5 may 1966 with Gregory Peck
Arabesque (1966)
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Add to a movie listArabesque is a 1966 Technicolor thriller starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren filmed in Panavision. The film is based on Gordon Cotler's novel The Cypher and directed by Stanley Donen.
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In an undercover mission, Sloane (John Merivale), posing as an eye doctor, kills Oxford University Professor Ragheeb (George Coulouris), an ancient hieroglyphics expert. Sloane steals a hieroglyph-encrypted message Ragheeb wrote and concealed within his glasses.Actors
Gregory Peck
(Prof. David Pollock)
Sophia Loren
(Yasmin Azir)
Alan Badel
(Nejim Beshraavi)
John Merivale
(Maj. Sylvester Pennington Sloane)
George Coulouris
(Ragheeb)
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