rating:
(out of
4 stars)United Kingdom; 1969
Directed by Peter Collinson; produced by Michael Deeley; written by Troy Kennedy Martin
Starring Michael Caine, Nočl Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley, Rossano Brazzi,
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
Stealing gold, a couple of Mini Coopers and a terrific Michael Caine who
plays Charlie Croker is what the original 'The Italian Job' has to offer. I
wanted to see this movie before the 2003 remake and now that I have I
understand why they have made a remake although I do think it wasn't really
necessary. Of course things are aged a little. Some of the techniques simply
don't work like that anymore, but the movie still is funny, exciting and
filled with nice action sequences.
The movie is about a group of people, with Croker as their leader just
released from prison, who go to Italy to steal a couple of million dollars
in gold. They will make sure that the car that is transferring the gold will
get stuck in a traffic jam. How they will do that is for you to see. To
escape from this traffic jam themselves they use Mini Coopers.
We see how they plan the whole thing and how they all do it. With lots of
funny moments, a very exciting chase and the perfect ending for this kind of
movie, this is a very entertaining movie. Caine has the best and most funny
moments, but other members of the cast do a pretty good job as well.