Jules Dassin’s 1964 “Topkapi” is one of two top-notch heist movies the American-French expatriate/blacklist victim made–and it’s a real departure from his other classic, 1955’s “Rififi,” with its gray ...

Elisabeth, a con artist, is determined to steal the Sultan's emerald-encrusted dagger from Istanbul's Topkapi Palace Museum. To pull off the heist, she recruits Arthur, who is down on his luck. But ...