描述一名英国语言学家因被邀请解释一件写着古埃及文字的文件,因而无端牵涉入一件国际性的间谍战中被追杀。本片剧情虽然有点单薄,但节奏快速,映象有力,仍相当成功地吸引观众的注意力。Professor David Pollock is an expert in ancient Arabic hieroglyphics. A Middle Eastern Prime Minister convinces Pollock to infiltrate the organization of a man named Beshraavi, who is involved in a plot against the Prime Minister. The nature of the plot is believed to be found in a hieroglyphic code. Beshraavi's mistress, Yasmin Azir is a mystery intertwined in the plot. Pollock needs her help, but when she repeatedly seems to double cross him in one escapade after another, he can't decide on whose side she is working. Ultimately working together, Pollock and Yasmin decipher the plot and set out to stop an assassination of the Prime Minister.