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Topkapi

International jewel thief Elizabeth Lipp recruits her ex-lover Walter Harper to train a motley crew of characters to steal the famous emerald-encrusted dagger of Sultan Mahmud from the Topkapi museum in Istanbul.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Thu 16 Dec 202106:05
BBC Two

Credits

DirectorJules Dassin
Elizabeth LippMelina Mercouri
Walter HarperMaximilian Schell
Arthur Simon SimpsonPeter Ustinov
Cedric PageRobert Morley
Hans FisherJess Hahn
GervenAkim Tamiroff
ProducerJules Dassin
WriterMonja Danischewsky
WriterEric Ambler

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