Movie
Topkapi
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1964-09-02
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Filmways Pictures, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Melina Mercouri as Elizabeth Lipp
- Peter Ustinov as Arthur Simon Simpson
- Maximilian Schell as Walter Harper
- Robert Morley as Cedric Page
- Jess Hahn as Hans
- Gilles Ségal as Giulio
- Akim Tamiroff as Gerven the Cook
- Titos Vandis as Harback
- Ege Ernart as Major Ali Tufan
- Senih Orkan as First Shadow
- Danyal Topatan as Second Shadow
- Joe Dassin as Joseph
Crew
- Jules Dassin - Director
- Monja Danischewsky - Screenplay
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