Topkapi is a 1964 American Technicolor heist comedy film produced and directed by Jules Dassin from a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky, based on the 1962 novel The Light of Day by Eric Ambler. Produced by Filmways and distributed by United Artists, the film stars Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley and Akim Tamiroff. The plot follows a small-time con artist who gets roped into helping a gang of international art thieves steal an emerald-encrusted dagger from Istanbul's Topkapı Palace, while he is simultaneously forced to spy on them for the Turkish police.
Topkapi (1964)
Directed by Jules Dassin
Genres - Action-Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Heist Film |
Release Date - Sep 4, 1964 |
Run Time - 120 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Themes
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Action, Acto, Amateur, Beat, Black Hole, Caper, Cast, City, Dagger, Death, Devil, Greece, Guy, Heists, High, Ht, Istanbul, Job, Lover, Museum, Nile, Performance, Romance, Smuggling, Suspense, Theft, Topkapi Museum, Touch Of Evil, Tower, Wire
Attributes
Based On: The Light of Day
Filming Location: Greece, Istanbul, Topkapı Palace
Narrative Location: Greece, Istanbul, Topkapı Palace, Turkey
Filming Location: Greece, Istanbul, Topkapı Palace
Narrative Location: Greece, Istanbul, Topkapı Palace, Turkey
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A Topkapi kincse
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The Light of Day
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The Man in the Middle
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Topkapi
AR, AU, BR, CA, CL, CO, DK, EC, FI, FR, DE, GR, IT, PL, RO, ES, SE, TR, GB, US
Topukapi
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Zümrüt
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Τοπ Καπί
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Топкапі
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Топкапи
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Топкапъ
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トプカピ
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土京盗宝记
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通天大盗
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