Rent The Italian Job (1969)
3.8 of 5 from 316 ratings
1h 35min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) is out of jail and on the make with an ingenious plan for the heist of the century. Aided and abetted by top criminal mastermind Mr. Bridger (Noël Coward), Charlie sets off with an ace team of villains and three very special minis to lift $4,000,000 from under the noses of the Turin Polizei. The trouble is, with the cops and the Mafia on his tail, Charlie finds that grabbing the money is kid's stuff compared to getting away with it...
- Actors:
- Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley, Rossano Brazzi, Margaret Blye, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier, Fred Emney, John Clive, Graham Payn, Michael Standing, Stanley Caine, Barry Cox, Harry Baird, George Innes, John Forgeham, Robert Powell, Derek Ware
- Directors:
- Peter Collinson
- Producers:
- Michael Deeley, Stanley Baker
- Writers:
- Troy Kennedy-Martin
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy, Drama, Thrillers
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/06/2009
- Run Time:
- 95 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, English LPCM Mono, French LPCM Mono, German LPCM Mono, Italian LPCM Mono, Spanish LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Commentary with screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin and Matthew Field, author of "The making of the Italian job"
- Commentary by producer Michael Deeley and Matthew Field
- Mini adventures HD
- Self preservation society: Making the Italian Job HD
- Music video HD
- The deleted scene with commentary by author Matthew Field
- Theatrical trailer HD
- Re-release trailer HD
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Unknown
- Run Time:
- 99 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary by Screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin and Matthew Field, the Author of The Making of 'The Italian Job'
- Audio Commentary by Producer Michael Deeley and Matthew Field, the Author of 'Michael Caine: You're a Big Man'
- The Great Idea: 2002 Documentary
- The Self Preservation Society: 2002 Documentary
- Getta Bloomin' Move On: 2002 Documentary
- Mini Adventures: 2009 Featurette
- The Deleted Scene with Optional Audio Commentary by Matthew Field
- Theatrical and Re-Release Trailers
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Reviews (4) of The Italian Job
Stuck in Second Gear, Man - The Italian Job review by CH
To watch this again is to be mightily disappointed.
Very much a period piece, the film is cartoonish in its depiction of a Swingin' London with its attendant criminal element (including Noël Coward).. The dialogue, apart from one or two celebrated lines, is hard work; and the film turns upon the last section, the chase through Italy - but, chances are some might not now get that far, so sluggish is the first half.
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Of Course It's A Classic & Very Funny Too - The Italian Job review by GI
This is the quintessential comedy caper movie and a fantastic British film to boot. Michael Caine is the cockney criminal who plans a gold heist in Turin stealing '$4million through a traffic jam'. Caine is Charlie, a cockney criminal fresh out of jail who adopts a plan by an old friend, murdered by the mafia, to carry out the audacious heist. He needs the financial support of Bridger (Noël Coward), a Queen loving crime boss who is in jail where he's treated as royalty. The gang are all lovable rogues and none of them have counted on the local mafia trying to stop them as well as the police. The film is a cult favourite and rightly so, full of quotable lines including one used by Caine impersonators ever since, and with a car chase involving three Mini Coopers. There's a host of British character actors who will be recognisable from TV throughout the late 60s and 70s as well as famous comedian Benny Hill and Noël Coward who was very ill at the time the film was made. With it's famous ending this is exciting and very, very funny and definitely a film to enjoy time and time again. Forget the 2003 remake it's awful but make sure this one is in your collection.
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Classic - The Italian Job review by CP Customer
its cult status is well deserved
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