Movie

Topkapi (1964)

• NR
• September 2, 1964
• 1h 59m

• Comedy
• Crime
• Adventure

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

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.

Director

Jules Dassin

Writers

Eric Ambler, Monja Danischewsky

Starring

Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell