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All of the outdoor scenes were shot in Istanbul in this entertaining film about a cat-and-mouse game between an international gang of thieves and the Turkish police who believe they are arms smugglers plotting an assassination.
In the late 15th century, with plague ravaging the land, Benedetta Carlini joins the convent in Pescia, Tuscany, as a novice. Capable from an early age of performing miracles, Benedetta’s impact on life in the community is immediate and momentous.
Beautiful thief Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri) and criminal genius Walter Harper (Maximilian Schell) put together a plan to steal an emerald-encrusted dagger from Istanbul's Topkapi...
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- Melina Mercouri
- Jules Dassin
- Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Topkapi. (film) Topkapi is a 1964 American Technicolor heist film produced by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists. [2] The film was produced and directed by the émigré American film director Jules Dassin. [2] The film is based on Eric Ambler 's novel The Light of Day [2] (1962), adapted as a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky.
Dec 16, 2021 · International jewel thief Elizabeth Lipp recruits her ex-lover Walter Harper to train a motley crew of characters to steal the famous emerald-encrusted dagger of Sultan Mahmud from the Topkapi ...
- Peter Ustinov
- Melina Mercouri
- Jules Dassin
- Maximilian Schell
Peter Ustinov won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in director Jules Dassin's lighthearted thriller about five thieves (including Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell and Robert Morley) who...
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