The Italian Job
1969
In director Peter Collinson's Golden Globe-nominated caper flick, enterprising swindler Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) hatches an ingenious plan to steal a huge cache of Chinese gold en route to Turin, Italy, as collateral for a new Fiat plant. The diversion for the heist: A gigantic traffic jam during an Italy-Great Britain soccer match. Incarcerated criminal genius Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward) helps Croker get financing -- from his jail cell.
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Action, Classic, Comedy, Foreign, Heist, Thriller
The Italian Job remake was much better than this. The set up was great, reminiscent of the old Bond films - but after that it got corny. The chase sequence was rather ludicrous, and the ending was just silly.
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