The italian job 1969 imdb

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A comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam. Charlie Croker : You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account.

The italian job 1969 imdb

Sign In. Edit The Italian Job Bridger 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 Fred Emney Birkinshaw John Clive Garage Manager Graham Payn

Caine is iconic in this film; his voice and mannerisms are often imitated, and it is this film that is probably most responsible for that.

Sign In. The Italian Job Hide Spoilers. A classic British comedy of errors which has, if anything, become even cooler over the years than when it was first released, what with its swinging sixties setting and definitive performance from Michael Caine, which is both deadpan and at the same time hilarious. Indeed, this is the film that gave us one of his classic quotes "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!

Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one his of friends has attempted a high risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos. Norman Warwick. John Aldred Stephen Warwick.

The italian job 1969 imdb

A comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam. Charlie Croker : You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. The Italian Job G 1h 39m. Play trailer Action Comedy Crime. Director Peter Collinson.

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His watching of Beckermann's footage early on, to explain the big idea, anticipates Jack Carter's less dispassionate viewing of celluloid in Hodges' gangster film two years later. Rossano Brazzi Beckerman. The entire film is dedicated to the fact that even the most secure treasures can be stolen. The Art of the Steal. He complimented the film's technological sophistication, only criticising what he saw as an "emotionally retarded" plot. A recently-released criminal, Charlie Croker played by Michael Caine , devises a plan to rob Fiat of a large amount of gold in the city of Turin. Read Edit View history. He gains the backing of a British crime kingpin, Mr Bridger played by Noel Coward and assembles his team. Raf Vallone plays a mafia boss who is also entangled in the plot. I particularly recommend the film since it includes what is, in my opinion, the best car chase ever filmed. Bridger gets word of the successful heist and then celebrates in prison with his fellow prisoners and prison staff, the crew escapes from Turin with the gold, and rendezvous with a modified coach to collect the Minis before they reach the Alps. Clear your history.

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It was the only stunt in the finished movie to defeat Remy. More to explore. Share this page:. It's amazing that I had never seen this movie before. Croker saves the lives of his crew when Altabani and his Mafia men intercept them coming into Italy over the Alps. The crew intercepts the gold convoy outside the Museo Egizio as it is stalled by the traffic jam. Their absence from the finale seems odd. I don't like caper movies in general, with their amoral assumption that crime is all jolly good fun. All of which leaves me struggling for a way to end this review. Treat yourself to this Mini Classic!!