A thrilling espionage-romance-thriller featuring the wonderful duo of Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, Arabesque is a 1966 spy comedy thriller that whisks its innocent and ordinary hero into dangerous and extraordinary situations. When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, finds himself thrust into a world of shifty political intrigue involving a beautiful spy, a sinister rich businessman, and the ultimate test of his wits: deciphering a cryptic message in hieroglyphic code.