Arabesque (film)

Arabesque
Theatrical release poster by Robert McGinnis
Directed by	Stanley Donen
Written by	Julian Mitchell Stanley Price Peter Stone (as Pierre Marton)
Based on	The Cipher 1961 novel by Alex Gordon[1]
Produced by	Stanley Donen
Starring	Gregory Peck Sophia Loren
Cinematography	Christopher Challis
Edited by	Frederick Wilson
Music by	Henry Mancini
Production company	Stanley Donen Enterprises
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	May 5, 1966 (1966-05-05) (New York) May 24, 1966 (1966-05-24) (U.S.) July 28, 1966 (1966-07-28) (UK)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.6 million[2]
Box office	$5.8 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[3]

Arabesque is a 1966 American comedy thriller spy film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, written by Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price, and Peter Stone based on The Cipher, a 1961 novel by Alex Gordon (pseudonym of Gordon Cotler [fr]^[4]). The film, along with Donen's immediately prior film Charade (1963), is usually described as being "Hitchcockian", as it features as a protagonist an innocent and ordinary man thrust into dangerous and extraordinary situations. It was the last film of that genre which Donen would make.^[5]

Arabesque was filmed in Technicolor and Panavision and was distributed by Universal Pictures.