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Arabesque
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Arabesque is a 1966 American spy comedy film directed by Stanley Donen, who also produced the movie. The screenplay was written by Peter Stone and Julian Mitchell, with music composed by Henry Mancini. The cast includes Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, and John Merivale. Christopher Challis served as the director of photography, while Frederick Wilson edited the film.
Produced by Universal Pictures and Stanley Donen Films, the movie has a runtime of 105 minutes. It was filmed at Pinewood Studios and set in England. The production cost was 4,800,000, and the film grossed 5,000,000 at the box office. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix, with a release date of May 4, 1966, and is available on video on demand.
The film holds various review scores, including 6.2 out of 10, 74%, and 69 out of 100. On other platforms, it has a vote average of 6.3 and an IMDb rating of 6.4. Keywords associated with the movie include London, spy, professor, body double, and political assassination.
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6.3When 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?
Cast
- 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
Themes
- london, england
- spy
- professor
- body double
- political assassination
- political intrigue
- hieroglyph
- cipher
- spy thriller
- woman spy
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Stanley Donen
- Screenplay by
- Julian Mitchell Stanley Price Peter Stone
- Based on
- The Cipher , by Alex Gordon
- Produced by
- Stanley Donen
- Starring
- Gregory Peck Sophia Loren Alan Badel Kieron Moore
- Cinematography
- Christopher Challis
- Edited by
- Frederick Wilson
- Music by
- Henry Mancini
- Production company
- Stanley Donen Enterprises
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- May 5, 1966 ( 1966-05-05 ) (New York City) May 24, 1966 ( 1966-05-24 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $4.8 million
- Box office
- $5 million (U.S. and Canada rentals )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Stanley Donen
- Screenwriter
- Julian Mitchell
- Cast member
- Duncan Lamont
- Composer
- Henry Mancini
- Producer
- Stanley Donen
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Christopher Challis
- Narrative location
- England
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 405893
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Loren Peck 1966.jpg
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- publication date
- 1966-01-01
- film editor
- Frederick Wilson
- title
- Arabesque
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 4800000
- box office
- 5000000
- Commons category
- Arabesque (1966 film)
- review score
- 74%
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Encyclopedic overview
Arabesque is a 1966 American spy comedy thriller film produced and directed by Stanley Donen and starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren. The screenplay by Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price, and Peter Stone is based on the 1961 novel The Cipher by Alex Gordon (pseudonym of Gordon Cotler [fr]). The film, along with Donen's immediately prior film Charade (1963), is usually described as being "Hitchcockian". It features as a protagonist an innocent and ordinary man thrust into dangerous and extraordinary situations. It was the last film of that genre which Donen would make.
Arabesque was filmed in Technicolor and Panavision and was distributed by Universal Pictures.
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