The Italian Job (1969) DVD

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The Italian Job (1969)

Director
- Peter Collinson
Writer
- Troy Kennedy-Martin
Stars
- Michael Caine
- Noël Coward
- Benny Hill
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.

Entertaining caper

Posted by Kaleberg on Jul 8th 2022

This is a clever enough caper comedy. It's good enough, but it doesn't quite deliver all that it promises. The set up is great with a not quite up to it con attempting to steal a bale of bullion, a parody of British patriotism back at the prison, Benny Hill as the ill starred computer hacker before computer hacking was a thing, and some good chase sequences, but it doesn't quite gel. Watch it for what it is, but try not to be a bit disappointed at the end.