Rating: G
Genre:
Crime
Release Date: 10/07/2003
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
The quintessential British caper film of the 1960s,
The Italian Job is a flashy, fast romp that chases a team of career criminals throughout one of the biggest international gold heists in history.
Michael Caine is
Charlie Croker, a stylish robber and skirt-chaser just out of British prison. Shunning rehabilitation for recidivism,
Croker takes over "The Italian Job," a complicated plan to hijack gold bullion from Italy -- right from underneath the noses of the Italian Police and the Mafia. The job, whose original mastermind was murdered, clearly requires the sponsorship of a richer, more established criminal than
Croker. He turns to the auspices of the eccentric
Mr. Bridger (
Noël Coward in his last film role), a suave, regal, incarcerated English crime boss with a peculiar fascination with the Queen.
Bridger provides
Croker with a quirky group of Britain's most infamous computer hackers (including a lascivious
Benny Hill), bank robbers, hijackers, and getaway drivers -- the ex-con is soon well on his way to relieving Italy of the gold.
~ Aubry Anne D'Arminio, All Movie Guide
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