type: 

ADVENTURE

COMEDY

CRIME

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.

name	character
Joe Dassin	Joseph
Despo Diamantidou	Voula
Ege Ernart	Major Ali Tufan
Jess Hahn	Hans
Melina Mercouri	Elizabeth Lipp
Robert Morley	Cedric Page
Senih Orkan	First Shadow
Maximilian Schell	Walter Harper
Gilles Ségal	Giulio
Akim Tamiroff	Gerven the Cook
Ahmet Danyal Topatan	Second Shadow
Peter Ustinov	Arthur Simon Simpson
Titos Vandis	Harback

name
Eric Ambler	writer (original)
Monja Danischewsky	screenplay
Jules Dassin	director, producer
Manos Hatzidakis	composer

year	award	category	name
1964	Academy Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Peter Ustinov