An older gentleman from a British prison mastermines a spectacular robbery of gold bullion in Turin, one of the biggest international gold heists in history, by having a computer expert cause a traffic jam.
20 February 1940, Ischia, Italy
28 December 1938, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland
19 June 1939, London, England, UK
24 October 1939, Houston, Texas, USA
12 November 1943, Islington, London, England, UK
21 January 1924, Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
17 February 1916, Tropea, Calabria, Italy
12 May 1931, Georgetown, British Guiana
3 April 1926, London, England, UK
13 May 1941, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, England, UK
28 July 1935, Lancashire, England, UK
6 August 1939, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
14 May 1941, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK
14 March 1933, Rotherhithe, London, England, UK
8 February 1923, Paddington, London, England, UK
1913, Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
7 October 1927, Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
18 April 1915, London, England, UK
1 October 1936, New York City, New York, USA
8 March 1938, London, England, UK
14 May 1928, Kensington, London, England, UK
12 February 1900, London, England, UK
March 05, 2008
As a film, The Italian Job is hardly a work of unalloyed genius; but as a reminder of the time when Britannia really was cool, it's peerless.
June 24, 2006
As a modest fun movie, it works, much helped by deep casting contrasts and a nice sense of absurd proportions.
May 09, 2005
The film is technically sophisticated and emotionally retarded.
April 21, 2010
Caine and Coward play a splendid game of verbal tennis, but by the final reel the laughs are lost in an anthology of dull and deafening car chases.
January 01, 2015
Is there a film - certainly a British film - that delivers a greater infusion of pure joy than The Italian Job?
March 31, 2004
It's the sort of smoothly entertaining and slyly intelligent crowd-pleasing spectacle that will never go out of style.
March 12, 2004
Overrated heist film whose climactic chase scene is one of its few redeeming values.
February 10, 2005
Superior crime caper that's a little too pleased with itself, but only a little.
May 30, 2005
Worthy simply for Benny Hill and his love for "big ladies"
November 06, 2003
Very much of its time without ever looking too dated, The Italian Job embraces the classic caper set-up.
May 06, 2008
The cast does its stuff to good effect. Coward, as the highly patriotic, business-like master crook, brings all his imperturbable sense of irony and comedy to his role.
March 05, 2008
The gold is then stashed in a bus, and the predictable chase ensues.
