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| The thieves on the roof of the museum |
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Peter Ustinov won the 1964 Oscar
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This movie was on TV the other night and my friend and I watched it again. This is such a great film, and one with some really clever twists and turns. Maximllian Schell and Melina Mercouri are master thieves who recruit several amateurs to help them steal a precious "Sultan's Dagger" from a Turkish museum. The last half hour is devoted to the heist. There's no music as the criminals steals the dagger. Peter Ustinov is very funny as a bumbling oaf who may spoil the heist. There's a great line when someone says, "A little bird told me". With Robert Morley as the man with the gadgets, and Akim Tamiroff. Directed by Jules Dassin.
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Melina Mercouri has her eyes on the Topkapi dagger
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