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Topkapi (1964)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 8/13

Topkapi
8/13: Dumbkapi is a terrific bore that took me a week to complete.

Peter Ustinov was a great actor, but he didn't deserve the Oscar win. Maximilian Schell is sneering in an annoying way, and Melina Mercouri is no looker. As a matter of fact, she's far from that, resembling more of a transvestite.

Some of the scenes are stupid. The whole surveillance operation at the (homoerotic?) wrestling show is lame-brained. So is the idea of a bird inside the museum to trigger the alarm. I hardly see how this is evidence enough that a heist had taken place.

All in all, Dumbkapi lacks pace and intelligence and shouldn't have been billed as a comedy.