Topkapi

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

Sep 4 1964 Unrated 2h 0m
Adventure, Comedy, Crime

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.

Plot

A small-time con man with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of world-class jewelry thieves plotting to rob the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. Turkish intelligence, suspecting arms smuggling, gets involved, and under pressure, the con man rises to heights of which he'd never dreamed.

Written by

Monja Danischewsky, Eric Ambler

Directed by

Jules Dassin

Cast

Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists, Filmways Pictures

Languages

Türkçe, English, Français

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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Topkapi (trailer)
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