Arabesque (1966)
"Ultra Mod. Ultra Mad. Ultra Mystery."
ThumbScore
👍 76%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 72%
(RT: 74%, MC: 69) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Alan Badel as Nejim Beshraavi
Kieron Moore as Yussef Kasim
Carl Duering as Prime Minister Hassan Jena
John Merivale as Maj. Sylvester Pennington Sloane
Duncan Lamont as Webster
Is Arabesque good?
Most people think so. 76% audience score, estimated from 194 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 72%.
Overview
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? Wikipedia ↗
