A comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.A comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.A comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.
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Margaret Blye
- Lorna
- (as Maggie Blye)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaBMC (British Motor Corp.), owners of the Mini, refused to donate any cars for this movie. The chief of Fiat Motors offered to donate all of the cars needed, including Fiat 500s in place of the Minis. Director Peter Collinson decided that, as it was a very British movie, the cars should be British Minis. Fiat still donated scores of cars for filming, as well as the factory grounds. The authorities refused to close the roads, but the Italian Mafia stepped in and shut whole sections of Turin down for filming. The traffic jams in this movie are real, as are people's actions during them.
- GoofsThe 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 versionsWhen 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."
- ConnectionsEdited into MacGyver: Thief of Budapest (1985)
Featured review
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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- ProfessorPeach
- Aug 27, 2001
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Charlie staubt Millionen ab
- Filming locations
- Kilmainham Jail, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland(Prison interior)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $115,829
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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