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Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1965 | Peter
1965
Supporting Performance Male | 1965 | Peter
Top Ten Films | 1964
Best Actress Comedy or Musical | 1965
Best Actor Comedy or Musical | 1965 | Peter
Action Drama | 1965
Best Written American Comedy | 1965
Cited by Mission: Impossible (1966) series creator Bruce Geller as the inspiration for his own series.
The title refers to the Topkapi Palace built by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1459 after the fall of the Byzantine Empire. The Ottoman sultans made the Topkapi palace their main residence for 400 years. It became a museum in 1924, and its hundreds of rooms contain numerous collections of historical and religious relics, treasures, and jewelry. Topkapi means literally "Cannon Gate" in Turkish.
Director Jules Dassin originally planned to cast Peter Sellers as Arthur Simon Simpson and hoped to cast Orson Welles as Cedric Page. Welles refused this role, and Sellers later dropped out when the start of production was delayed from May to August, to be replaced by Sir Peter Ustinov (whom Sellers had replaced in The Pink Panther (1963)).
One of director Christopher Nolan's favorite movies.
Eric Ambler's "The Light of Day" (1962), upon which this movie was based, is narrated by Arthur Simon Simpson, the character played by Sir Peter Ustinov in this movie. Ambler also wrote a sequel, "Dirty Story" (1967), in which Arthur continues to relate his adventures - this time as a reluctant mercenary in Africa.
"Elizabeth Lipp: Do you mind that I am a nymphomaniac? Walter Harper: It's your most endearing quality. Elizabeth Lipp: Don't waste it - use it."
"Maj. Ali Tufan: What made you suspect they are Russian spies? Arthur Simon Simpson: I deduced it, sir. Maj. Ali Tufan: From what? Arthur Simon Simpson: From the cook, sir. Maj. Ali Tufan: What did the cook say? Arthur Simon Simpson: That they were Russian spies. Maj. Ali Tufan: A clever deduction."
