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Topkapi is a 1964 American Technicolor heist film produced by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists. The film was produced and directed by the émigré American film director Jules Dassin. The film is based on Eric Ambler's novel The Light of Day (1962), adapted as a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky.
Topkapi: Directed by Jules Dassin. With Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley. A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to steal a jewelled dagger.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Crime
- Jules Dassin
- 1964-09-04
Beautiful thief Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri) and criminal genius Walter Harper (Maximilian Schell) put together a plan to steal an emerald-encrusted dagger from Istanbul's Topkapi Palace.
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- Melina Mercouri
- Jules Dassin
- Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
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...
- 4 min
- 137.1K
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
Jewel thief Elizabeth Lipp and her lover, William Walter, plan to steal an emerald dagger from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum. Cedric Page, an eccentric British inventor; Giulio, a mute athlete; and Fischer, a strongman, are recruited.
- Jules Dassin, Joseph Dassin, Tom Pevsner
- Melina Mercouri
Professional jewel thief Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri) reunites with her former lover and partner Walter Harper (Maximilian Schell) for the score of her life - the theft of an exquisite jeweled dagger from the Topkapi museum, located in the former Ottoman imperial palace in Istanbul.
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