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Topkapi (1964)

Topkapi (1964)

Crime Comedy Adventure

Join us - we'll cut you in on the theft of the century!

Release Date: 1964, September 2
Directors: Jules Dassin
Countries: United States of America
Production: Filmways Pictures, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Robert Morley, Titos Vandis, Peter Ustinov, Bedri Çavusoglu, Maximilian Schell, Akim Tamiroff, Gilles Ségal, Amy Dalby, Joe Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Despo Diamantidou, Jess Hahn

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book theft smuggling (contraband) greece museum caper dagger small time crook