Topkapi
Time Out says
An attempt by Dassin to top his own hit Rififi: a glossy international heist movie, using a hammy multi-cultural cast and a screenplay by ex-Ealing stalwart Monja Danischewsky (based on Eric Ambler's novel The Light of Day) to chart a hit on an Istanbul museum. As a caper, its convolutions of comedy and suspense are par for the course, and at least it's free of the pretensions that usually scuttle Dassin's efforts in Europe (especially in tandem with his wife Mercouri); but it's a far cry from his classic American thrillers or his brilliant British noir, Night and the City.Author: PT
Release details
UK release:
1964
Duration:
120 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Cast:
Gilles Segal, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Morley, Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov, Melina Mercouri, Jess Hahn
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