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When 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?
Language
Budget$4,800,000
Revenue --
English
Budget$4,800,000
Revenue --
Keywords
london, england
spy
professor
body double
political assassination
political intrigue
hieroglyph
cipher
spy thriller
woman spy
Casts

Gregory Peck
Prof. David Pollock

Sophia Loren
Yasmin Azir

Alan Badel
Nejim Beshraavi

Kieron Moore
Yussef Kasim

Carl Duering
Prime Minister Hassan Jena

John Merivale
Maj. Sylvester Pennington Sloane

Duncan Lamont
Webster

George Coulouris
Ragheeb

Ernest Clark
Beauchamp

Harold Kasket
Mohammed Lufti

Windsor Davies
Policeman

Jimmy Gardner
Helmsley
Larry Taylor
Mustapha

Harry Locke
Zookeeper

Michael Bilton
Microscope Salesman

Jill Goldston
Ascort Racegoer (uncredited)
James Payne
Driving the Kidnap Lorry (uncredited)
Crews

Yves Saint Laurent
Costume Design

Stanley Donen
Director
Gordon Cotler
Novel

Stanley Donen
Producer

Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Frederick Wilson
Editor
Reece Pemberton
Art Direction
Arthur Carroll
Production Director
Denis Holt
Associate Producer
David W. Orton
Production Manager
Eric Rattray
Assistant Director
Austin Dempster
Camera Operator
John M. Jordan
Second Unit Cinematographer
John W. Mitchell
Sound Mixer
C. Le Mesurier
Sound Mixer
Don Sharpe
Sound Editor
Connie Willis
Continuity
W.T. Partleton
Makeup Artist

Christian Dior
Costume Design

Maurice Binder
Title Designer
Julian Mitchell
Screenplay

Peter Stone
Screenplay
Stanley Price
Screenplay
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