Topkapi with Melina Mercouri: DVD Cover

    Topkapi Director: Jules Dassin Cast: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley

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    • DVD Release Date: 12/11/2001
    • Original Release: 1964
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 10,046

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    Original theatrical trailer; English: mono; French: mono; French and Spanish language subtitles

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Scene Selections
    1. An Idea/Main Title [:09]
    2. Amateurs and Files [6:26]
    3. The Schmo [9:31]
    4. Trouble/Agent Simpson [6:37]
    5. Nymphs & Daggers [13:53]
    6. Cooking Up a Plan [15:30]
    7. Pulled In! [4:30]
    8. A Better Idea [3:21]
    9. No Laughing Matter [2:08]
    10. Wrestling Up Some Fun [5:49]
    11. Dizzy With Anticipation [5:10]
    12. It's Time/Going In! [8:40]
    13. Lift Off/Success! [8:35]
    14. "A Little Bird..." [10:01]
    15. "I Have an Idea..." [11:38]
    16. End Credits [5:19]

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    Editorial Reviews

    After years of enduring movie lampoons of his 1955 crime-caper classic Rififi, director Jules Dassin topped them all with his own spoof, Topkapi. It's a rather disreputable crew that teams for the elaborate jewel theft masterminded by Maximillian Schell. Sexy Melina Mercouri (Mrs. Dassin) is probably the best of the batch: the others are faffling Robert Morley, unreliable Gilles Segal and Jess Hahn. Bumbling Peter Ustinov (who won an Oscar for his performance) is duped into helping the thieves, and soon finds himself uneasily straddling both sides of the law. As in Rififi, the theft itself (taking place in Istanbul's Topkapi Palace museum) is played out in near-complete silence. We won't tell you how the crooks are foiled; just be advised that money flies out the door when something else flies in the window. Topkapi was based on The Light of Day, a somewhat more somber novel by Eric Ambler. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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