Topkapi

I'm told the protagonist of Eric Ambler's The Light of Day is a minor character in "Topkapi," the movie based on that novel.

October 30th, 2007 2007

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but wasn't it known as The Topkapi Affair or something like that at one point?

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So we just took Thomas Crown off the shelf, kind of dusted it off, and took Topkapi, which is much loved, and is also in the cannon of the MGM library so it didn't cost us anything.

Filmstalker: Brosnan confirms The Topkapi Affair 2007

But when I read of a museum burglary, I start looking -- hoping, I'm ashamed to say -- for something like the 1964 Jules Dassin caper movie "Topkapi," in which thieves penetrate Istanbul's Topkapi Museum via a rope directly over the display case housing the object of their grandiose scheme.

Vanishing Point Guy Darst 2009

What De Palma brings to his updating of the "Topkapi" caper is a rarity in action movies -- total silence, an inaudible crescendo of suspense.

Mission Accomplished 2008

This is a direct lift from Jules Dassin's 1964 heist movie, "Topkapi," right down to details like the bead of sweat that threatens to drop on the pressure-sensitive floor and trigger the alarm.

Mission Accomplished 2008

Those with limited time should head straight to the Imperial Treasury and check out the Topkapi dagger (the emerald-studded star of the movie "Topkapi"), relics of Saint John the Baptist, and the enormous Spoonmaker's Diamond.

Istanbul Debra Bruno 2007

Was it Robert Morley, in "Topkapi", who, when a Turkish border guard asks if he is a foreigner, says "Goodness no, I'm British."? ..

Breaking All the Rules: "You Can Not Beat Children" 2006

Also seven days, the Fairy Chimneys, Caves & Villages tour begins in the exhilarating city of Istanbul, where families will visit breathtaking sites such as Topkapi Palace, the Blue Mosque, Subterranean Cisterns, the Hippodrome and St Sophia, and explore bursting bazaars before a short flight to Urgup, the heart of Turkey's Cappadocia region.

ETravelBlackboard.com 2008

"The Topkapi Secret" has a character that clings to Shakespeare's words like scripture during personal tragedy.

Terry Kelhawk: Shakespeare Speaks To Japan Terry Kelhawk 2011