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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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Quotes from The Italian Job:

Garage Manager: You must have shot an awful lot of tigers, sir.
Charlie Croker: Yes, I used a machine gun.
[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.
Miss Peach: [Camp Freddy has one of Miss Peach's cats on his lap] I shouldn't let her do that, dear. Gives them ideas.
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Facts from The Italian Job
Parts of the stock film footage of this film were later used in Thief of Budapest. In the story, Macgyver and a band of gypsies use the Mini Coopers to escape from Hungary.
The screenplay originally was set in London and was to have been a TV show. However the scope of the production was too large for British TV at the time and so the script was purchased for the movie and the setting changed to Turin because it had the most extensive computer-controlled traffic monitoring system in Europe. However Milan had been the original location choice until the producers realized it would be impossible to get a shooting permit.
When the Minis are being driven onto the coach after the heist, director Collinson himself is standing at the doorway guiding the cars in.
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.
Paramount Pictures chief Robert Evans originally wanted Robert Redford to play the part of Charlie.
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