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Topkapi
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
1964 · Directed by Jules Dassin · 119 min · Comedy · Crime · Adventure · 8 frames
Tagline
Join us - we'll cut you in on the theft of the century!
Crew
- Screenplay: Monja Danischewsky
- Cinematography: Henri Alekan
- Edited by: Roger Dwyre
- Music: Manos Hatzidakis
- Produced by: Jules Dassin
Cast
- Melina Mercouri as Elizabeth Lipp
- Peter Ustinov as Arthur Simon Simpson
- Maximilian Schell as Walter Harper
- Robert Morley as Cedric Page
- Jess Hahn as Hans
- Gilles Ségal as Giulio
- Akim Tamiroff as Gerven the Cook
- Titos Vandis as Harback
- Ege Ernart as Major Ali Tufan
- Senih Orkan as First Shadow
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, French, Greek, Italian, Turkish, German
- Studios: Filmways Pictures, United Artists
- Themes: based on novel or book, smuggling (contraband), greece, museum, caper, theft, dagger, small time crook
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