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Tongue in cheek spy thriller has professor (Gregory Peck) turning spy to translate a hieroglyphic cipher for one Arab group so that he can turn it over to another, but he can't decide whether the mistress (Sophia Loren) of one of the Arabs is helping him or setting him up. Mix of humor and action doesn't add up to much, yet is superficially entertaining. And when it isn't, you can make a game of spotting all the times director Donen shoots the action in reflections -- off mirrors, a chandelier, fish tanks, and so on. Based on Gordon Cotler's novel The Cypher.
Tongue in cheek spy thriller has professor (Gregory Peck) turning spy to translate a hieroglyphic cipher for one Arab group so that he can turn it over to another, but he can't decide whether the mistress (Sophia Loren) of one of the Arabs is helping him or setting him up. Mix of humor and action doesn't add up to much, yet is superficially entertaining. And when it isn't, you can make a game of spotting all the times director Donen shoots the action in reflections -- off mirrors, a chandelier, fish tanks, and so on. Based on Gordon Cotler's novel The Cypher.