Topkapi (film)
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Topkapi is a 1964 American heist comedy film produced and directed by Jules Dassin from a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky, based on the 1962 novel The Light of Day by Eric Ambler. Produced by Filmway
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Peter Ustinov
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Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov was a British actor, writer and humanitarian. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. Ust
Topkapi (film)
…based on the 1962 novel The Light of Day by Eric Ambler. Produced by Filmways and distributed by United Artists, the film stars Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, and Akim Tamiroff. The plot follows a small-time con artist who gets roped into helping a gang of international art…
Ustinov in 1986
Ustinov as Nero in Quo Vadis (1951)
Ustinov (left) as Hercule Poirot with John Gielgud in Appointment with Death (1988)
Ustinov c. 1960