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The Italian Job (1969) -- Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.

Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   12,265 votes
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Director:
Peter Collinson
Writer:
Troy Kennedy-Martin (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
3 September 1969 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Crime more
Tagline:
Introducing the plans for a new business venture: "The Italian Job." more
Plot:
Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
NewsDesk:
(31 articles)
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User Comments:
Absolutely perfect, flawed, stupid, evening's entertainment more (119 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael Caine ... Charlie Croker
Noel Coward ... Mr. Bridger (as Noël Coward)
Benny Hill ... Professor Simon Peach
Raf Vallone ... Altabani
Tony Beckley ... Freddie
Rossano Brazzi ... Beckerman

Margaret Blye ... Lorna (as Maggie Blye)
Irene Handl ... Miss Peach
John Le Mesurier ... Governor (as John le Mesurier)
Fred Emney ... Birkinshaw
John Clive ... Garage Manager
Graham Payn ... Keats
Michael Standing ... Arthur
Stanley Caine ... Coco
Barry Cox ... Chris
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Additional Details

Runtime:
99 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
South Korea:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-12 (original rating) | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (cinema version) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:U (original rating) | USA:G | West Germany:12

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Charlie Crocker gets out of jail, his girlfriend is waiting for him with a car to drive him home and Charlie mentions that it's the car of the ambassador of Pakistan. The actual car was owned by the High Commissioner of Pakistan when the film was produced. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The bonnet of Charlie's Aston Martin is hinged at the nose of the car. When the car gets thrown off the cliff, the hinges are near the cockpit. This is because the car which was thrown off the cliff was in fact a Lancia Fulvia convertible more
Quotes:
Charlie Croker: Bill?
Bill Bailey: Yes, Charlie?
Charlie Croker: Bill!
Bill Bailey: Yes, Charlie?
Charlie Croker: Burn this for me, will 'ya?
Bill Bailey: Yes, Charlie.
Charlie Croker: Oh, Bill?
Bill Bailey: Yes, Charlie?
Charlie Croker: Get rid of this, lot.
Bill Bailey: Yes, Charlie.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "MacGyver: Thief of Budapest (#1.3)" (1985) more
Soundtrack:
Hello Mrs. Beckerman! more

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31 out of 42 people found the following comment useful.
Absolutely perfect, flawed, stupid, evening's entertainment, 28 August 2001
Author: ProfessorPeach from Stourbridge, England

So who can NOT like The Italian Job? Well, I can't speak for those who are not Anglophiles, but I suspect everybody who has ever called themselves British will love it. Sure, it has holes the size of Matron's stockings in it's plot and there are any number of errors apparant in the script and screenplay (Well, we all know that Mini's don't have a rear differential) and the true fanatics (such as myself) are all too aware of the continuity on-screen (that was a heavily disguised Lancia Flaminia that went off the cliff- Well, did you really think it was a REAL Aston DB4? See "Hammer House" for where that turned up). I could go on, as I usually do, about inconsitencies and so forth, but, by God, I have seen the Italian Job in just about every format it was ever shown and I love it all the same. There are no slow parts, every bit is important to the plot, the soundtrack is legendary (only available now after many, many years on CD. Got it before it was on CD and cost a lot; typical!) and is so quotable ("You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!") as to haunt Michael Caine forever more. You'll love it, wherever you come from!

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