The Italian Job (1969)
Classic British cinema from director Peter Collinson today that stars Michael Caine, Noel Coward and Benny Hill. A gang of British thieves plan to steal a load of gold from Italy while the Mafia have other ideas.
This is not the best written or original heist film of all time, the characters are all fairly empty but the film more than makes up for that by having character itself. What the film does do is capture the quintessentially English nature of the period and the general view an island nation has to the rest of Europe. When it comes to the final car chase it borders on silly but is hilarious, iconic and part of what made the Mini Cooper a car that has stood the test of time. There are some great lines and it is the comedic nature of the film that helps carry off what otherwise would be an unremarkable film.
4/5
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