Arabesque

Titolo originale: Arabesque
Regia: Stanley Donen |
Anno: 1966
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Thriller Commedia Mistero Azione
Tag: london, england | spy | professor | body double | political assassination | political intrigue  | hieroglyph | cipher | spy thriller | woman spy |
Cast: Gregory Peck | Sophia Loren | Alan Badel | Kieron Moore | Carl Duering | John Merivale | Duncan Lamont | George Coulouris | Ernest Clark | Harold Kasket | Windsor Davies | Jimmy Gardner | Larry Taylor | Harry Locke | Michael Bilton | Jill Goldston | James Payne |

David Pollock è un professore americano di filologia che riceve l'incarico di decifrare un geroglifico da parte di un magnate del petrolio di un paese arabo. Solo successivamente scopre che qualcuno ha deciso di farlo fuori, per ragioni che neppure lui capisce bene.

Errori

After the man has been drowned in the fish tank, there are several shots of the actors with the tank [...] D
After Mustafa's body has been all thrown to the fish tank, in next scene his legs are still outside [...] D
Sloan says he was with the 42nd Highland Fusiliers. The 42nd is in fact the Black Watch and no one f [...] D
The hieroglyphic script in the code is mislabeled as "Hittite" by the main character. Hieroglyphs su [...] D
In the final chase scene the helicopter continues to fly past and around the characters on the bridg [...] D
The interior of the Rolls Royce at the beginning changes between shots. D
In the opening sequence, when the fake doctor examines professor Ragheeb, he applies the ophthalmolo [...] D
In the aquarium scene, Mustafa is shot with a revolver fitted with a silencer. Silencers do not work [...] D
Sloane says that he was formerly with the 42nd Highland Fusiliers Regiment. The 42nd Regiment was kn [...] D
The Arab character Beshraavi mispronounces the name Mustafa. An Arab educated in English would still [...] D
In final scenes, Gregory Peck clung to a paddle stuck in lake's bottom, and his boat swam out of a c [...] D
When Peck/Loren are escaping from a helicopter, the filming crew is clear visible on the right side [...] D
When Mustafa is drowned in the fish tank, he is shown all the way in the tank floating face down, th [...] D
Near the beginning of the movie when Pollock is in the limo with the Prime Minister, the glass parti [...] D
During most of the dash to the airport to prevent the assassination, it is pouring with rain out of [...] D
There is no reference to the movie's title, "Arabesque". The references are all to the original book [...] D
During the scene with the helicopter on the viaduct, the river in the valley below (the Ebbw) is a v [...] D
The chase scene through the London Zoo takes place at night. However the insert shots of various ani [...] D