The Italian Job is a 1969 British comedy caper film written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley, directed by Peter Collinson, and starring Michael Caine. The film's plot centres on Cockney criminal Charlie Croker, recently released from prison, who forms a gang for the job of stealing a cache of gold bullion being transported through the city of Turin, Italy, in an armoured security truck.
Original theatrical release poster
The roof of the Palavela in Turin (pictured in 1961) where the three Minis are pursued by a police car before they go back down it and escape
A display of a Mini emerging from a sewer tunnel in Coventry Transport Museum
Minis on display at Bardney Heritage Centre
Peter Collinson (film director)
Peter Collinson was a British film director probably best remembered for directing The Italian Job (1969).
Peter Collinson (film director)