Topkapi (Four original photographs from the 1964 film)

  • Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1964
By Jules Dassin (director); Monja Danischewsky (screenwriter); Eric Ambler (novel); Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Jess Hahn (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1964. Three vintage studio still photographs and one vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film. One photograph with mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.

Based on the 1962 novel, "The Light of Day" by Eric Ambler. Two ex-lovers plan to steal from Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. They hire a man to drive explosives for the burglary, but when the police stop him they assume he is part of an assassination attempt. Winner of one Academy Award for Peter Ustinov as Best Actor.

Set in Istanbul, shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey, Kavala, Greece, Paris, France, and Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Two photographs 10 x 8 inches, one photograph 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus, with one photograph with pins holes at the corner and a tear at the bottom right corner.

Lee, The Heist Film. Penzler 101.

Details

Title

Topkapi (Four original photographs from the 1964 film)

Author

Jules Dassin (director); Monja Danischewsky (screenwriter); Eric Ambler (novel); Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Jess Hahn (starring)

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

United Artists: Beverly Hills, CA

Date

1964


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