Movie
Topkapi
1964NR1h 59m6.5 / 10
Join us - we'll cut you in on the theft of the century!
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.
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Synopsis
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.
Cast, crew and production details
About Topkapi
Cast
Melina MercouriElizabeth Lipp
Peter UstinovArthur Simon Simpson
Maximilian SchellWalter Harper
Robert MorleyCedric Page
Jess HahnHans
Gilles SégalGiulio
Akim TamiroffGerven the Cook
Titos VandisHarbackCredits
- Directed by
- Jules Dassin
- Written by
- Monja Danischewsky, Eric Ambler
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
Filmways PicturesUnited States
United ArtistsUnited States
Themes
based on novel or bookcaperdaggergreecemuseumsmall time crooksmuggling (contraband)theft
