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1964 · Movie · 1h 59m · NR

Topkapi

CriticsCritics: 85
AudienceAudience: 6.7

A small-time crook in Greece becomes entangled with a sophisticated team planning to steal an emerald-encrusted dagger from Istanbul’s Topkapi Museum. As the scheme takes shape, this reluctant outsider is pulled deeper into an elaborate caper filled with deception, colorful characters, and mounting tension.

My take

You’ll enjoy this if you like breezy, stylish heist adventures with eccentric teams, exotic locations, and comic tension; Not for you if you want consistently sharp writing or a tightly paced thriller.

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Cast

Melina MercouriPeter UstinovMaximilian SchellRobert MorleyJess HahnGilles SégalAkim TamiroffTitos Vandis

Director

Jules Dassin

If tonight is a Topkapi night…

…these live in the same corner of my head.

Want one picked out for tonight?

Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.