Topkapi

Topkapi

119 mins | Crime, Comedy, Adventure | Sept. 2, 1964

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.

Topkapi

119 mins | Crime, Comedy, Adventure | Sept. 2, 1964

Topkapi
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists, Filmways Pictures
Original title Topkapi
Directors Stepan Melikyan, Ali Çakus, Joe Dassin, Jules Dassin, Tom Pevsner
Writers Monja Danischewsky, Eric Ambler

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

Ahmet Danyal Topatan

as Second Shadow

Joe Dassin

as Joseph