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Charlies' got a 'Job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of friends has attempted a high risk job in Italy, right under the nose of the Mafia. Charlies friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'Job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of jaguars and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal the Gold and escape.
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. Shunning rehabilitation for recidivism, Croker takes over "The Italian Job," a complicated plan to hijack gold bullion from Italy -- right from underneath the noses of the Italian Police and the Mafia. The job, whose original mastermind was murdered, clearly requires the sponsorship of a richer, more established criminal than...
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Croker. He turns to the auspices of the eccentric Mr. Bridger (Noël Coward in his last film role), a suave, regal, incarcerated English crime boss with a peculiar fascination with the Queen. Bridger provides Croker with a quirky group of Britain's most infamous computer hackers (including a lascivious Benny Hill), bank robbers, hijackers, and getaway drivers -- the ex-con is soon well on his way to relieving Italy of the gold.
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Wanneer hij de gevangenis verlaat, 'erft' Charlie Croker een plan voor een grote diefstal in Turijn, Italië. Het plan is afkomstig van meneer Bridger, die vanuit zijn cel alles meesterlijk heeft uitgedokterd. Samen met enkele ex-gevangenen start Charlie met de organisatie van de 'grootste verkeersopstopping van de eeuw' die hen de mogelijkheid moet geven om een heleboel goud te kunnen stelen. Een gewaagd plan, vooral omdat de maffia in de streek de touwtjes in handen heeft en elke indringer zonder pardon uit de weg ruimt.