---
title: 'Topkapi (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jules Dassin'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/topkapi-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058672/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Topkapi (1964)

1964 · 115 min · Comedy, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Topkapi is a 1964 American 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.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Manos Hatzidakis](https://cinepixo.com/people/manos-hatzidakis)
- **Producer:** [Jules Dassin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-dassin)
- **Director:** [Jules Dassin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-dassin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henri Alekan](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-alekan)
- **Editor:** [Roger Dwyre](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-dwyre)
- **Screenplay:** [Monja Danischewsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/monja-danischewsky)

## Cast

- [Gilles Ségal](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilles-segal)
- [Titos Vandis](https://cinepixo.com/people/titos-vandis)
- [Peter Ustinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-ustinov)
- [Despo Diamantidou](https://cinepixo.com/people/despo-diamantidou)
- [Joe Dassin](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-dassin)
- [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell)
- [Robert Morley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-morley)
- [Melina Mercouri](https://cinepixo.com/people/melina-mercouri)
- [Akim Tamiroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/akim-tamiroff)
- [Jess Hahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/jess-hahn)

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