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Release Date: 1964

Cast: Jess Hahn, Peter Ustinov, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Morley, Senih Orkan, Ege Ernart, Melina Mercouri, Titos Vandis, Maximilian Schell, Gilles Ségal

Categories: Movies, Action, Drama Film, Heist, Crime Fiction, Caper Story, Action/Adventure, Film Adaptation, Crime Comedy, Comedy, Crime

Topkapi (1964) is a heist film made by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by the emigre American film director, Jules Dassin. The film is based on Eric Ambler's novel The Light of Day (1962), adapted as a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky. The film stars Melina Mercouri (who later became Dassin's wife), Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley, Gilles Ségal and Akim Tamiroff. The music score was by Manos Hadjidakis, the cinematography by Henri Alekan and the costume design by Theoni V. Aldredge. The film opens with the glamorous and... MORE

Topkapi (1964) is a heist film made by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by the emigre American film director, Jules Dassin. The film is based on Eric Ambler's novel The Light of Day (1962), adapted as a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky. The film stars Melina Mercouri (who later became Dassin's wife), Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley, Gilles Ségal and Akim Tamiroff. The music score was by Manos Hadjidakis, the cinematography by Henri Alekan and the costume design by Theoni V. Aldredge. The film opens with the glamorous and avaricious Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri) visiting Istanbul. She sees a traveling fair which features replicas of treasures from the Topkapi Palace, and says enigmatically to herself that now she sees how "it" can be done. Next she cases the Topkapi itself, where she is clearly fascinated by the emerald-encrusted dagger of Sultan Mahmud I. After leaving Turkey, she recruits her ex-lover, Swiss master-criminal Walter Harper (Maximilian Schell), to help her plan the theft of the dagger. Harper insists that they work only with "amateurs"—individuals with no police record. This includes Cedric Page LESS