Topkapi (1964) On DVD

Actor:          Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morely, Akim Tamiroff
Director:    Jules Dassin
Genre:        Comedy
Year:            1964
Studio:         Kino Lorber
Length :       120
Released:    October 7, 2014
Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:         DVD
Misc:            Color
Language:   English
Subtitles:    English

DESCRIPTION:

A skillful blend of romance and comedy, Topkapi shimmers with hilarity, action and great performances! Fun-filled and suspenseful, it's an incredibly ingenious affair and a considerable pleasure to watch. Trouble brews beneath the exotically curved towers of Istanbul when the equally exotic - and equally curved - Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri, Never on Sunday) recruits her former lover (Maximilian Schell, The Black Hole) in a scheme to heist the pride of the city's Topkapi museum: a jewel-encrusted dagger. But the "job" soon turns into a high-tension, high wire act, when the bumbling fall guy (Peter Ustinov, Death on the Nile) and other amateurs they've hired as help get more than they had bargained for. The stellar cast also includes Robert Morley (Beat the Devil) and Akim Tamiroff (Touch of Evil). Directed by great Jules Dassin (Rififi).