
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?
Cast

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)
Crew

Stanley Donen
Director, Producer

Peter Stone
Screenplay
Julian Mitchell
Screenplay
Stanley Price
Screenplay
Gordon Cotler
Novel
Frederick Wilson
Editor
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Eric Rattray
Assistant Director
Denis Holt
Associate Producer
Austin Dempster
Camera Operator

Yves Saint Laurent
Costume Design

Christian Dior
Costume Design
W.T. Partleton
Makeup Artist
John M. Jordan
Second Unit Cinematographer
Don Sharpe
Sound Editor
C. Le Mesurier
Sound Mixer
John W. Mitchell
Sound Mixer

Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Connie Willis
Continuity
Arthur Carroll
Production Director
David W. Orton
Production Manager

Maurice Binder
Title Designer
Reece Pemberton
Art Direction
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