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The Saturday Film: Arabesque

on BBC One London

starring
Gregory Peck , Sophia Loren
American professor David Pollock's peaceful academic life at Oxford changes dramatically when he agrees to decipher ancient hieroglyphics for a Middle Eastern oil magnate. Discovering that he is a prisoner in his new employer's house, Pollock escapes with the help of the glamorous and mysterious Yasmin Azir - only to fall into the hands of a rival gang ...
Screenplay by JULIAN MITCIIELL
STANLEY PRICE and PIERRE MARTON based on the novel
The Cipher by GORDON COTLER
Produced and directed by STANLEY DONEN Films: page 16
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Contributors

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Gregory Peck
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Sophia Loren
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Yasmin Azir
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Julian Mitciiell
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Stanley Price
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Pierre Marton
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Gordon Cotler
Directed By:
Stanley Donen
David Pollock:
Gregory Peck
Yasmin Azir:
Sophia Loren
Beshraavi:
Alan Badel
YuSSef:
Kieron Moore
Sloane:
John Merivale
Webster:
Duncan Lamont
Jena:
Carl Duering
Ragheeb:
George Coulouris
Beauchamp:
Ernest Clark
Lufti:
Harold Kasket

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