Topkapi (Film), released 1964 — adapted from The Light of Day by Eric Ambler.
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.
Starring Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Jess Hahn.
Directed by Jules Dassin.
