The read
A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%. Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 81% of the 433 1960s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
223 audience votes
Key crew
- Jules DassinDirector
- Monja DanischewskyScreenplay
- Manos HatzidakisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Melina MercouriElizabeth Lipp
- Peter UstinovArthur Simon Simpson
- Maximilian SchellWalter Harper
- Robert MorleyCedric Page
- Jess HahnHans
- Gilles SégalGiulio
- Akim TamiroffGerven the Cook
- Titos VandisHarback
- Ege ErnartMajor Ali Tufan
- Senih OrkanFirst Shadow
- Danyal TopatanSecond Shadow
- Joe DassinJoseph
Stills
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1965
Shares: Robert Morley · Comedy · 1960s
Shows like Topkapi
Themes
based on novel or booksmuggling (contraband)greecemuseumcapertheftdaggersmall time crook
The Best Movies of 1964
Topkapi is #33 of 60
