
The Italian Job (1969)
- Sun, Aug 24
Director: Peter Collinson Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 1969
Starring: Benny Hill, Margaret Blye, Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Raf Vallone
Stunt Driver Phil Wicks will be in attendance for a Q&A following the screening.
Charlie’s got a ‘job’ to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie’s 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 a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.
“The director was Peter Collinson, whose flair for action was revealed in the exhilarating location sequences in chaotic Turin as Charlie’s red, white and blue Mini Coopers whizz along the city’s pavements and through its colonnaded piazzas.” ~ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Sponsored by Flow MINI of Winston-Salem.