Jess Hahn, Maximilian Schell, Melina Mercouri
Director Jules Dassin (Night and the City, The Naked City) fashioned this breezy and intricate 1964 thriller with a sly comic bent, and it enjoyed international popularity and became an ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 11, 2001
Stats: 88 reviews
It was slow to get started with several psychedelic kaleidoscope effects. This was before Mission Impossible. Once they get to the heist it is suspenseful and funny.
I didn't like this movie much. The dagger heist was interesting, and the forerunner of many current heists like the Ocean series. But the rest of the movie seemed pointless, and I found it amazing that Peter Ustinov won an Academy award for this movie.
60s heist movie with charming Mediterranean settings, that doesn't take itself too seriously to the point where it ends up feeling like a camp Carry On film.
Peter Ustinov is good as the reluctant spy--and nearly as reluctant jewel thief--but the rest of the cast is pretty unappealing and the film is at least 20 minutes too long. The excellent heist sequence makes up for a lot but, on the whole, "Topkapi" isn't as much fun as it ought...( read more)
Awesome little heist film by the master Jules Dassin.
De Palma cribbed the Mission Impossible "Tom Cruise hanging from the ceiling" bit from here.
Jan 09 - An interesting mystery from Jules Dassin. Even though is not as good as his noir movies but the movie does a good job telling the story and keeping the elements at their places.
Excelente narrativa y reparto. Muy entretenida y de mucho estilo. / Excellent storytelling and cast. Very entertaining and with great style.
'Topkapi' Still The Tops
Splendid lighthearted caper movie, with a heist sequence imitated countless times since, from The Score to Mission: Impossible.
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