Topkapi
– Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims t..
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.
02 Sep 1964
English, French, Turkish, German, Greek, Italian
Jules Dassin
Monja Danischewsky (screenplay), Eric Ambler (based on the novel "The Light of Day")
Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley
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 he'd never dreamed of.
Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.
United Artists