Recently released from prison, Cockney criminal Charlie is left the plans to steal a bullion delivery from the Fiat factory in Turin after the Mafia kill his Italian friend and partner in crime.
Charlie decides to pull off the 'Italian job', having it bankrolled from behind bars by criminal mastermind and patriot Mr. Bridger who is doing it for British pride. Training a team of drivers to drive the Minis which will be a vital part of the raid after a huge traffic jam is caused by a computer failure, but Charlie hasn't reckoned on the continuing interest of the Mafia....
Review:
One of the iconic movies of the Sixties, with many potent elements of the time, including Michael Caine in horn-rim glasses, Noel Coward in his last screen role, Benny Hill as a sex-mad computer genius, a view of 'swinging London' and, of course, those mini's causing mayhem on the streets, pavements and even rooftops of Turin. Wildly far-fetched and tremendously entertaining. If one British movie sums up the Sixties this might just be it....
