The Italian Job
Gold heist film
A 1969 British heist film featuring Michael Caine and a fleet of Mini Coopers navigating Turin's streets, celebrated for its cliffhanger ending and the line You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!
A 2003 American remake starring Mark Wahlberg updated the setting to Los Angeles.
The phrase sometimes refers to any elaborate, stylish heist or caper: They pulled off a real Italian Job.
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
- Mini CooperSmall British-designed automobile
- goldElement seventy-nine
- gold barsCast precious metal ingots
- armored truckFortified vehicle for valuables
Turin · Michael Caine · original film · getaway · getaway driver · thieves · car chase · chase · robbery · remake · Charlize Theron · Mark Wahlberg · Venice · tunnels · crew · inside man · caper · British
- Heist FilmsOcean's Eleven, The Sting, Inside Man, Baby Driver, Topkapi
- Vehicle Movies
- 2003 FilmsFinding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean, Kill Bill, The Matrix Reloaded, Bruce Almighty
- British FilmBFI, British comedy, Alfred Hitchcock, Danny Boyle, Christopher Nolan
- heistsheist, bank job, bank heist, bank robbery, art heist
- Paramount FilmsThe Godfather, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Top Gun, Grease
The Italian Jobsmash-and-grab
Violent quick burglary
armed robbery · ram raid · home invasion · stick-up · Dog Day Afternoon
The Italian JobReservoir Dogs
Gomorrah · Scarface · The Godfather · Goodfellas · noir thriller
Italian, Italy, Italianate, Italianize, jobless, jobbing, jobber