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Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
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Classical in form, warm, resolved and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Melina MercouriElizabeth Lipp
- Peter UstinovArthur Simon Simpson
- Maximilian SchellWalter Harper
- Robert MorleyCedric Page
- Jess HahnHans
- Gilles SégalGiulio
- Akim TamiroffGerven the Cook
- Titos VandisHarback
- Ege ErnartMajor Ali Tufan
- Senih OrkanFirst Shadow
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- Jules DassinDirector
- Monja DanischewskyScreenplay
- Eric AmblerNovel
- Henri AlekanDirector of Photography
- Manos HatzidakisOriginal Music Composer
- Roger DwyreEditor
- Jules DassinProducer
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