Bogart And Operation UNDERWORLD

[Albert Doyle]

Arabesque (1966) with Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren is a silly movie but towards the end the arab leader who was to be assassinated is switched with a double who then denounces the treaty he was supposed to sign before he was shot. The real leader would have signed the treaty, which is why he was switched for a double and the double was then assassinated. Sophia explains to Peck that the whole idea was to give the impression that the leader was against the treaty as his final wish.


The double entendre towards NSAM 263 is ripe. The movie had an espionage theme.