Topkapi · 1964

Topkapi

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

Jules Dassin · 119 min · United States of America

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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Production companies

Filmways Pictures, United Artists

Locations

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Filming

palacio de Topkapı Estambul Grecia

Setting

palacio de Topkapı Estambul Grecia Turquía

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Cast

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  Melina Mercouri

  Elizabeth Lipp

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  Peter Ustinov

  Arthur Simon Simpson

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  Maximilian Schell

  Walter Harper

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  Robert Morley

  Cedric Page

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  Jess Hahn

  Hans

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  Gilles Ségal

  Giulio

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  Akim Tamiroff

  Gerven the Cook

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  Titos Vandis

  Harback