"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."
Melina Mercouri
as Elizabeth Lipp
Peter Ustinov
as Arthur Simon Simpson
Maximilian Schell
as Walter Harper
Robert Morley
as Cedric Page
Jess Hahn
as Hans
Gilles Ségal
as Giulio
Akim Tamiroff
as Gerven the Cook
Titos Vandis
as Harback
Ege Ernart
as Major Ali Tufan
Senih Orkan
as First Shadow
Danyal Topatan
as Second Shadow
Joe Dassin
as Joseph
Despo Diamantidou
as Voula
Jules Dassin
Director
Eric Ambler
Novel
Monja Danischewsky
Screenplay
Producer
Henri Alekan
Director of Photography
Roger Dwyre
Editor
Manos Hatzidakis
Original Music Composer
Gilbert Chain
Camera Operator
Max Lechevallier
Assistant Camera
René Chabal
Raymond Picon Borel
Second Unit Cinematographer
Philippe Brun
Max Douy
Set Decoration
Jacques Douy
Assistant Set Decoration
André Labussière
Set Dresser
Deni Vachlioti
Costume Design
Johnny Dwyre
Assistant Editor
Daniele Grimberg
Patrick Clement-Bayard
William Robert Sivel
Sound Engineer
Lucie Lichtig
Script
Roger Corbeau
Still Photographer
Amato Garbini
Makeup Artist
André Cultet
Production Manager
Claude Hauser
Assistant Production Manager
Tom Pevsner
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Ali Çakus
Stepan Melikyan
Associate Producer
Jean Fouchet
Title Designer