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?
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
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