Peter Ustinov won an Oscar for his performance in this heist film centered around a gang of thieves attempting to steal the treasures within Turkey's Topkapi Palace. TOPKAPI also stars Melina Mercouri as the gang's ringleader, Robert Morley, Jess Hahn, and Gilles Segal.

After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, investigative reporter Irvin Fletcher ventures to Belle Isle Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into hilarious trouble.