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Topkapi
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Overview

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7.1/10   2,931 votes
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Director:
Jules Dassin
Writers:
Eric Ambler (novel)
Monja Danischewsky (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 September 1964 (USA) more
Tagline:
(where the jewels were!) more
Plot:
Caper film about the theft of a jeweled dagger from an Istanbul museum. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Spring Preview: A Repertory Calendar for the Coasts
 (From IFC. 18 February 2009, 2:17 PM, PST)

Brosnan On ‘Thomas Crown Affair 2′: It’s Now Or Never
 (From Screen Rant. 21 January 2009, 11:21 AM, PST)

User Comments:
A fascinating guide to the jewel of the Dardanelles... more

Cast

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Melina Mercouri ... Elizabeth Lipp

Peter Ustinov ... Arthur Simon Simpson
Maximilian Schell ... Walter Harper
Robert Morley ... Cedric Page
Jess Hahn ... Hans Fisher
Gilles Ségal ... Giulio the Human Fly
Akim Tamiroff ... Gerven the Cook
Titos Vandis ... Harback (as Titos Wandis)
Ege Ernart ... Maj. Ali Tufan
Senih Orkan ... First Shadow
Ahmet Danyal Topatan ... Second Shadow
Joseph Dassin ... Josef
Despo Diamantidou ... Voula
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Additional Details

Runtime:
119 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Filming Locations:
Istanbul, Turkey more

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Trivia:
Cited by "Mission: Impossible" (1966) TV series creator Bruce Geller as the inspiration for his own series. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the agent (in glasses) is marking a photograph with red texter, several extra lines appear on the photograph without him having drawn them. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Elizabeth Lipp: It can be done! That's the way it can be done! Aaah... oh, excuse me; I've just had a great idea - something I've been looking for a long time... a very long time.
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Referenced in The Thomas Crown Affair 2 (2010) more

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37 out of 42 people found the following comment useful:-
A fascinating guide to the jewel of the Dardanelles..., 12 June 2004
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Melina Mercouri introduces herself as a thief who doesn't hide the way she feels about the most wonderful emeralds… She wants to rob a dagger encrusted with fascinating gemstones…

One of her potential partners is her former lover Maximilian Schell, a very distinguished crook who fights at his best when he fights in a corner… Schell wants to pick his crew from amateurs with no police records, and strike the most protected fortress…

Peter Ustinov won his first Best Supporting Oscar for his amusing performance as the clever middle-aged 'nobody' who could have gone far but he always plays for small stakes…

Ustinov is the victim of circumstances, caught at the Turkish border with a riffle and six grenades… For that, his mission is to spy on the spies, and report to the Turkish security everything he overhears-no matter how trivial it may seem to him… The police gives him a chance to prove that he is not a terrorist… He accepts to work with them…

With a funny toy man who proposes to get into the palace museum without touching the floor; a mute acrobat who talks with his whole body; a mad muscle man who hates a drunken cook; a showman with no problems at the customs border; plus Islamic mosques; ancient streets; colorful bazaars; oiled wrestlers; talented belly dancers; and fable roofs; "Topkapi" overlooks both the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus, offering bright moments with a final suspense sequence in the 'Rififi' manner…

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