The Italian Job

The Italian Job (1969) (1969)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (24 reviews)

  • 81% of users liked it
    (70,029 ratings)

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.… More

In Theaters
Jan 1, 1969 Wide
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • , TIME Magazine

    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.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    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.

  • , Time Out

    As a modest fun movie, it works, much helped by deep casting contrasts and a nice sense of absurd proportions.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    The film is technically sophisticated and emotionally retarded.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    The gold is then stashed in a bus, and the predictable chase ensues.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Peter Collinson's The Italian Job is an action classic that is a near flawless heist film. What makes this film standout is the great cast of phenomenal talent. This film is a great blend of thrills, action and witty comedy. Leading the cast is the great Michael Caine as Charlie… More

  • Daniel P


    Beautifully shot for its time, The (Original) Italian Job is a wacky caper flick that, for better or for worse, is about 50 per cent driving scenes. There are several good laughs, though, and the formula is simple. Plan the heist, carry out the heist. Plus, they risk a run-in with the… More

  • Spencer S


    The Italian Job is one of the most beloved and lauded crime capers in British history, and there are times when this is rightly so. Still, the first hour drags so much with the over explanation and boring character development you wonder why anyone would sit through the next thirty… More

  • Directors C


    This classic film was ruined 8 years ago by a pointless remake that had nothing to do with the original classic that is The Italian Job (1969). A film that made Michael Caine famous is among my favorite films because of its fantastic action sequences considering the films budget and… More

  • Conner R


    I'm just not a fan of this at all. It has some good ideas and interesting choices in terms of storytelling, but it's just mostly boring. There's very little chances open for you to enjoy any of the characters, except for Michael Caine. However, he is reduced to nothing… More

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