Director: Jules Dassin

Writer: Monja Danischewsky

From novel: The Light of the Day by Eric Ambler

Original Music by: Manos Hadjidakis

Producer: Jules Dassin

Keywords: Thriller

Elizabeth Lipps has master jewel thief Walter Harper assemble a team of amateurs to break into the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul and steal a priceless Ottoman dagger encrusted with three emeralds. One of the team is the bumbling Arthur Simpson, planted by police who think they are terrorists. Peter Ustinov won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Dassin cast his girlfriend, Melina Mercouri, as the lead.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jess Hahn	Actor	29-Oct-1921	29-Jun-1998	Topkapi
Melina Mercouri	Actor	18-Oct-1920	6-Mar-1994	Topkapi
Robert Morley	Actor	26-May-1908	3-Jun-1992	Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Maximilian Schell	Actor	8-Dec-1930	1-Feb-2014	Judgment at Nuremberg
Akim Tamiroff	Actor	29-Oct-1899	17-Sep-1972	For Whom the Bell Tolls
Peter Ustinov	Actor	16-Apr-1921	28-Mar-2004	British stage actor

CAST

Melina Mercouri	...   Elizabeth Lipp
Peter Ustinov	...   Arthur Simpson
Maximilian Schell	...   William Walter
Robert Morley	...   Cedric Page
Jess Hahn	...   Fischer
Gilles Ségal	...   Giulio
Akim Tamiroff	...   Gerven
Supporting actors
Titos Wandis	...   Harback
Ege Ernart	...   Maj. Tufan
Senih Orkan	...   Shadow
Ahmet Danyal Topatan	...   Shadow
Joseph Dassin	...   Josef
Despo Diamantidou	...   Voula

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