Un colpo all'italiana

Titolo originale: The Italian Job
Regia: Peter Collinson |
Anno: 1969
Origine: United Kingdom |
Generi: Azione Crime Commedia Thriller
Tag: prison | gold | robbery | prisoner | england | chase | bus | master thief | traffic jam | thief | caper | mafia | sewer | turin italy | airborne car | mini cooper |
Cast: Michael Caine | Noël Coward | Benny Hill | Margaret Blye | Raf Vallone | Tony Beckley | Rossano Brazzi | Irene Handl | John Le Mesurier | Fred Emney | John Clive | Graham Payn | Michael Standing | Stanley Caine | Barry Cox | Robert Powell | Harry Baird | George Innes | John Forgeham | Derek Ware | Frank Jarvis | David Salamone | Richard Essome | Mario Valgoi | Renato Romano | Franco Novelli | Robert Rietti | Timothy Bateson | David Kelly | Arnold Diamond | Simon Dee | Alastair Hunter | Lana Gatto | John Louis Mansi | Hazel Collinson | Henry McGee | Lelia Goldoni | Valerie Leon |

Un ex detenuto (N. Coward) di alto ingegno criminoso escogita un piano per il furto di 4 milioni di dollari in lingotti d'oro, depositati dal governo di Pechino alla Fiat di Torino per la costruzione di uno stabilimento in Cina. Il colpo è eseguito da complici a bordo di tre Mini Minor dopo aver provocato per mezzo del computer il più grande ingorgo automobilistico del secolo.

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BMC (British Motor Corp.), the owners of the Mini, refused to donate any cars for this movie. T [...] D
It was confirmed by Sir Michael Caine on The Graham Norton Show (2007) that this movie ended wi [...] D
The "Chinese" plane delivering the gold to Turin airport is one of the rare (only 14 ever built [...] D
Final film of Noël Coward. D
Peter Yates was first offered the job of director. D
The book has a completely different ending. There are no problems with the getaway, and they su [...] D
Sir Michael Caine and Quincy Jones, who wrote the score, were born on the same day, March 14, 1 [...] D
The "in the sewer" scene was filmed near Coventry in Stoke Aldermoor, where several miles of th [...] D
It's a British movie in which the three Mini stunt drivers are French--Rémy Julienne's team- [...] D
When filming the bus hanging over the cliff, the camera helicopter's downdraft started to tip t [...] D
Noël Coward was not in good health and had a hard time learning lines, so his longtime compa [...] D
The roof-to-roof jump was filmed on the roof of the Fiat factory. Some crew members walked off, [...] D
The sports car featured in the opening sequence was a Lamborghini Miura. They originally sold f [...] D
In a BBC documentary to celebrate his 70th birthday in March 2003, Sir Michael Caine revealed h [...] D
As well as a "guest star" role for Benny Hill, there is a ten-second cameo appearance by Henry [...] D
In a 2003 UK movie survey, Charlie Croker's (Sir Michael Caine's) line, "You're only supposed t [...] D
Director Peter Collinson didn't tell the responsible authorities that he would be using cars in [...] D
The Lamborghini Miura in the opening scene was an actual vehicle on the way to a customer - the [...] D
The mountain road in the opening sequence and the final bus incident is Colle del Nivolet, a hi [...] D
Noël Coward was paid £25,000 for just ten days' work, all of which was filmed in Dublin, [...] D
Footage from this film was used in MacGyver: Thief of Budapest (1985). In the story, MacGyver a [...] D
When Charlie Crocker gets out of jail, his girlfriend is waiting for him with a car to drive hi [...] D
Screenwriter Troy Kennedy-Martin wanted Nicol Williamson for the role of Mr. Bridger, a charact [...] D
The screenplay originally was set in London and was to have been a TV show. However the scope o [...] D
According to Michael Caine, this movie did not perform well at the US box office due to a misle [...] D
According to the DVD commentary, although never formally planned, the start of the anticipated [...] D
Charlie Croker's claim to have been hunting tigers in India is a reminder that tiger-hunting wa [...] D
Paramount Pictures chief Robert Evans originally wanted Robert Redford to play the part of Char [...] D
The rooftop race track was an actual working part of the Fiat factory that was completed in 192 [...] D
They filmed a scene for a part of the Mini Cooper chase sequence on an ice rink, with the cars [...] D
The number plates on the three Minis all have a reference to parts in this movie. The red Mini [...] D
Peter Collinson: When the Minis are being driven onto the coach after the heist, he is standing [...] D
When Croker is getting out his equipment from under the bed, after he leaves prison, he calls t [...] D
Michael Caine tells in his biography that Benny Hill was professional but a very shy and privat [...] D
Noël Coward was director Peter Collinson's godfather in real life. The part was partly in re [...] D
Sir Michael Caine is one of the singing voices in the closing theme song "Get A Bloomin' Move O [...] D
Some of the traffic jam scenes were real. The movie crew blocked off some key roads. The Italia [...] D
The green police car used was an Alfa Romeo Giulia Super, favored by Italian police forces in t [...] D
Voted #36 on the BFI's 100 Greatest British Films of the 20th century. D
Believed to be the first time the word "camp" was used in a movie to describe a gay man. D
Director Peter Collinson's wife, Lisa Shane, appeared in all of his movies "for luck". Here she [...] D
The job (set in 1969) was about stealing $4 million in gold from Italy. [Noël Coward] tells [...] D
Marketing in the UK included a novelization, a vinyl record of the soundtrack and replicas of t [...] D
The coach used in this movie was a Bedford VAL with Harrington Legionaire bodywork. D
The plate number of the Daimler limo in which Mr. Bridger arrives at "Great Aunt Nellies" funer [...] D
Motion Picture Association of America approved (certificate) No.22025. D
At the time of filming there was no ending, and it was left to Paramount Pictures to create one [...] D
The name of the ferry taking the team and vehicles across the English Channel was the MS Free E [...] D
The film was a huge hit in the UK on release and has also gone on to be a cult film there (it w [...] D
When Noel Coward says "everybody in the world is bent", the word "bent" is assumed to mean croo [...] D
The slogan on the side of the Ford Thames dormobile "We shall not be moved" was a popular Engli [...] D
The silver Aston Martin DB4 thrown off the cliff by a Mafia bulldozer was a fake car. The red J [...] D
The device in the clear perspex box early in the film, explaining the robbery before Charlie ca [...] D
The ending was changed in order to leave the possibility of a sequel open. D
Fiat immediately saw the potential for product promotion in this movie, and offered an unlimite [...] D
Noël Coward was so sick that his triumphant walk through the prison had to be filmed in stag [...] D
In August 2001, to mark the completion of a new ten-kilometer sewer in Hull, England, Yorkshire [...] D
The scene between Charlie Croker and the garage owner was entirely improvised by Sir Michael Ca [...] D
Despite Irene Handl and Benny Hill playing siblings in this film, Handl was actually 22 years o [...] D
The white Dormobile used in the getaway has a few references to English football players of the [...] D
The deleted "Blue Danube" sequence was filmed in the Exhibition Hall designed by Pier Luigi Ner [...] D
The road used for the climactic cliffhanger sequence led only to a restaurant. The first day of [...] D
Cilla Black was offered the role of Lorna, but her agent turned it down without her knowledge. [...] D
This is a movie primarily about cars and driving. Sir Michael Caine could not drive at the time [...] D
In the scene where the mafia boss is stuck in the traffic jam he turns to his driver and says " [...] D
The red sports car seen during the opening titles is a Lamborghini Miura which, with a top spee [...] D

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