Arabesque 1966  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore, George Coulouris, Duncan Lamont, Ernest Clark, Carl Duering, John Merivale, Harold Kasket, Gordon Griffin, Malya Nappi, Robert Rowland, Larry Taylor, Windsor Davies
An American, David Pollock (Gregory Peck), is a professor of languages at Oxford University who translates a message in hieroglyphics. When Middle Eastern leaders, spies, and oil sheiks try to obtain the contents of the secret message, Pollack partners with Yasmin Azir (Sophia Loren), but her motives are questionable as Pollack is propelled into the world of international espionage.
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Arabian Knight 1995  G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: The Princess and the Cobbler
The Thief and the Cobbler
Director: Richard Williams
Cast: Vincent Price, Anthony Quayle, Hilary Pritcher, Sean Connery, Windsor Davies, Donald Pleasence, Clinton Sundberg, Paul Matthews, Joan Sims, Felix Aylmer, Dermot Walsh, Miriam Margolyes, Joss Ackland, Eddie Byrne
Based on "The Thief of Baghdad," this animated story involves the perilous adventures of a poor cobbler, Tack (Sean Connery), who upsets master vizier Zigzag (voice of Vincent Price) and is sentenced to be executed. But, after King Nod's (Anthony Quayle) daughter, Princess Yum Yum (Hilary Pritcher), takes a liking to him, his execution is stayed and he joins the princess on a quest to save the kingdom. Work on this animated film began in 1968 but was not released 25 years later.
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| 1. Arabesque (1966)
2. Arabian Knight (1995)
aka: The Princess and the Cobbler
aka: The Thief and the Cobbler
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