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The Italian Job

  • 19691969
  • GG
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
47K
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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.
Play trailer3:37
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Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
47K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,340
982
    • Peter Collinson
    • Troy Kennedy-Martin
  • Stars
    • Michael Caine
    • Noël Coward
    • Benny Hill
    • Peter Collinson
    • Troy Kennedy-Martin
  • Stars
    • Michael Caine
    • Noël Coward
    • Benny Hill
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 220User reviews
    • 68Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
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    Videos1

    Trailer - 40th Anniversary Edition
    Trailer 3:37
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    Photos184

    Michael Caine, Benny Hill, Margaret Blye, George Innes, Michael Standing, and Raf Vallone in The Italian Job (1969)
    Michael Caine and Raf Vallone in The Italian Job (1969)
    Michael Caine, Harry Baird, and George Innes in The Italian Job (1969)
    Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Peter Collinson, and David Kelly in The Italian Job (1969)
    The Italian Job (1969)
    The Italian Job (1969)
    Michael Caine in The Italian Job (1969)
    Michael Caine in The Italian Job (1969)
    Benny Hill and Tony Beckley in The Italian Job (1969)
    Michael Caine, Tony Beckley, and Derek Ware in The Italian Job (1969)
    Michael Caine in The Italian Job (1969)
    Michael Caine and Margaret Blye in The Italian Job (1969)

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    Michael Caine
    Michael Caine
    • Charlie Croker
    Noël Coward
    Noël Coward
    • Mr. Bridger
    Benny Hill
    Benny Hill
    • Professor Simon Peach
    Raf Vallone
    Raf Vallone
    • Altabani
    Tony Beckley
    Tony Beckley
    • Freddie
    Rossano Brazzi
    Rossano Brazzi
    • Beckerman
    Margaret Blye
    Margaret Blye
    • Lorna
    • (as Maggie Blye)
    Irene Handl
    Irene Handl
    • Miss Peach
    John Le Mesurier
    John Le Mesurier
    • Governor
    Fred Emney
    Fred Emney
    • Birkinshaw
    John Clive
    John Clive
    • Garage Manager
    Graham Payn
    • Keats
    Michael Standing
    Michael Standing
    • Arthur
    Stanley Caine
    Stanley Caine
    • Coco
    Barry Cox
    Barry Cox
    • Chris
    Harry Baird
    Harry Baird
    • Big William
    George Innes
    George Innes
    • Bill Bailey
    John Forgeham
    John Forgeham
    • Frank
      • Peter Collinson
      • Troy Kennedy-Martin
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    • Trivia
      BMC (British Motor Corp.), the owners of the Mini, refused to donate any cars for this movie. The chief of Fiat Motors, however, offered to donate all of the cars needed, including Fiat 500s in place of the Minis. Director Peter Collinson, however, decided that, as it was a very British movie, it should be British Minis. Fiat's boss still donated scores of cars for filming, as well as the factory grounds, and even though the authorities refused to close the roads, the Italian Mafia stepped in and shut whole sections of Turin down for filming, so the traffic jams in this movie are real, as are people's actions during it.
    • Goofs
      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 Flavia convertible.
    • Quotes

      [Arthur blows up a truck]

      Charlie Croker: You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!

    • Alternate versions
      When the first E-Type is crushed on the mountain road, Charlie says, "You just cost him his no claims bonus." For the American release this was dubbed to, "...his insurance bonus."
    • Connections
      Edited into MacGyver: Thief of Budapest (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      On Days Like These
      Music by Quincy Jones

      Lyrics by Don Black

      Performed by Matt Monro

    User reviews220

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    Absolutely perfect, flawed, stupid, evening's entertainment
    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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    • Aug 28, 2001

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    • How could they have solved the problem at the end?
    • Was there a sequel planned?

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    • Release date
      • September 3, 1969 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Kilmainham Jail, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Oakhurst Productions
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • 1 hour 39 minutes
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