Arabesque

Name: Arabesque
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: May 5, 1966
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Alan Badel, Carl Duering, Duncan Lamont, Ernest Clark, George Coulouris

1966

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: May 5, 1966 | Passed

Starring: Alan Badel, Carl Duering, Duncan Lamont, Ernest Clark, George Coulouris, Gregory Peck, Harold Kasket, John Merivale, Kieron Moore, Sophia Loren

Summary: Story of international intrigue involving a university professor, an Arab prime minister, a ruthless businessman, a beautiful spy, and hieroglyphics.

Director: Stanley Donen

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Crime

Rating: Passed

Runtime: 105 min

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Joe Saltzman

The glossy Stanley Donen thriller offers one surprise after another and lots of romantic byplay between Peck and Loren, including a sensational shower scene. [30 Sep 1990, p.85]

Grace Glueck

Producer-director, Stanley Donen, apparently goes on the theory that in a chase movie the plot should only be used as a framework, for visual entertainments. Arabesque provides those, all right—Op photography, lush décor, gimmicky locations and hairraising pursuits. And, of course, Sophia Loren, a stunning bit of animated scenery who is not called upon to act but to Dior. Read full review

Dave Kehr

Stanley Donen's follow-up to Charade is not quite the tour de force the earlier film was, but even with Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren standing in for Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, it's a slick and satisfying entertainment. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

It's all mindless, absurdly complex and hopelessly hip in that 1960s sort of way, but an agreeable way to pass the time with gorgeous Sophia. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Arabesque packs the names of Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren and a foreign intrigue theme, but doesn't always progress on a true entertainment course. Fault lies in a shadowy plotline and confusing characters, particularly in the miscasting of Peck in a cute role. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Much flashier than Donen's earlier Charade (also scripted by Peter Stone, alias Pierre Marton) and very sub-Hitchcock. Read full review

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