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The Italian Job Overview:

The Italian Job (1969) was a Action - Comedy Film directed by Peter Collinson and produced by Stanley Baker and Michael Deeley.

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Groovy Michael Caine travels to Turin : The Italian Job (Peter Collinson, 1969)

By Virginie Pronovost on Sep 24, 2023 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

It’s not a secret for anyone familiar with The Wonderful World of Cinema that I love British films, especially the classic ones. They have a unique charm, especially with the actors and dialogue delivery that you don’t find in Hollywood films (and I’m not necessarily thinking of ... Read full article

The Italian Job (1969)

By Beatrice on Apr 28, 2020 From Flickers in Time

The Italian Job Directed by Peter Collinson Written by Troy Kennedy Martin 1969/UK IMDb link First viewing/Criterion Channel This was a very fun caper flick, absolutely perfect for Lock Down. Charismatic Cockney criminal Charlie Coker (Michael Caine) is released from prison.  He is immediately on t... Read full article

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969)

By Lê on Mar 14, 2018 From Critica Retro

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969) Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) acaba de sair da cadeia e já está envolvido em um novo plano de roubo. Cabe a Charlie encontrar um novo “patrocinador” para o golpe, e isto não é muito difícil: Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward), c... Read full article

The Italian Job (1969, Peter Collinson)

on Aug 2, 2010 From The Stop Button

What a strange film. I’d never really heard of it, past the title, so… I didn’t know what to expect, but even if I’d known something about it, I doubt I could have expected it. Collinson is a fantastic Panavision director, so the Italian Job is always watchable, even through ... Read full article

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969)

By Lê on Nov 30, -0001 From Critica Retro

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969) Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) acaba de sair da cadeia e já está envolvido em um novo plano de roubo. Cabe a Charlie encontrar um novo “patrocinador” para o golpe, e isto não é muito difícil: Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward), c... Read full article

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The Italian Job Quotes:

[Arthur blows up a truck]
Charlie Croker: You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!
Charlie Croker: It's a very difficult job and the only way to get through it is we all work together as a team. And that means you do everything I say.
[last lines]
Charlie Croker: Hang on, lads; I've got a great idea.
Charlie Croker: Just remember this - in this country they drive on the wrong side of the road.
Charlie Croker: You wouldn't hit a man with no trousers on, would you?
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The Italian Job Facts
Noel Coward was director Peter Collinson's godfather in real life. The part was in part a recognition of the role he played in giving the director, who had grown up unhappy in an orphanage, his start.
The rooftop race track is an actual working part of the Fiat factory that was completed in 1923. The track measures 1680 feet by 260 feet. The five-story building has 16,000,000 square feet of floor space and was once home to 6,000 workers.
Cilla Black was offered the role of Lorna.
Believed to be the first time the word "camp" was used, in a movie, to describe a male homosexual.
In a BBC documentary to celebrate his 70th birthday in March 2003, Michael Caine revealed his character's "great idea", and the deleted ending of the film, as the gang's bus teeters on the edge of a cliff. "The next thing that happens is you turn the engine on," he said. "You all sit exactly where you are until all the petrol has run out, which changes the equilibrium. We all jump out of the bus and the gold goes over the cliff. And at the bottom are the Italian mafia, sitting waiting for the gold." This was also rumoured to be the premise for the sequel "The Brazillian Job"
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