The Italian Job
The Italian Job is a 1969 British comedy caper film written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley, directed by Peter Collinson, and starring Michael Caine. The film's plot centres on Cockney criminal Charlie Croker, recently released from prison, who forms a gang for the job of stealing a cache of gold bullion being transported through the city of Turin, Italy, in an armoured security truck.
Plot
Driving through the Alps, thief Roger Beckerman is killed when his car crashes into a bulldozer parked in a tunnel by the Mafia, who dispose of him and his car by pushing it over a cliff and into the river below. Meanwhile, his friend and fellow thief Charlie Croker is released from prison, reuniting with his girlfriend Lorna to enjoy his first taste of freedom. Leaving her to meet with Beckerman for a job he was planning in Italy, Croker is shocked to meet his widow instead. She insists he continue her late husband's plan, which he had completed before his death, of an ambitious heist of $4 million in gold bullion from a security convoy intended as a down payment to Fiat by China for a car factory.
Cast
- Arnold Diamond
- Benny Hill
- David Kelly
- Frank Kelly
- Fred Emney
- George Innes
- Graham Payn
- Harry Baird
- Irene Handl
- John Forgeham
- John Le Mesurier
- John Louis Mansi
- Maggie Blye
- Michael Caine
- Noël Coward
- Raf Vallone
- Renato Romano
- Robert Powell
- Robert Riettii
- Rossano Brazzi
- Stanley Baker
- Stanley Caine
- Timothy Bateson
- Tony Beckley
- Valerie Leon
More details
| author | Troy Kennedy Martin |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | England Italy London Turin |
| director | Peter Collinson |
| editor | John Trumper |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | advanced traffic management system alp armored car arrest build car crash car factory cctv china computer expert crime lord drive fiat funeral ceremony geneva gold bullion kill mini cooper murder museo egizio plan river spin summon traffic control system traffic jam |
| musicBy | Quincy Jones |
| nomination | Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film |
| producer | Michael Deeley |
| productionCompany | Oakhurst Productions |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Kilmainham Gaol London |
| theme | chase crime comedy heist mafia |