The Italian Job (1969)

An original Paramount Pictures b&w photo still IJ-4513 from The Italian Job (1969).

The Italian Job turned the crime caper into something slick, funny, and effortlessly cool. With Michael Caine at the center, it mixed British swagger, cheeky humour, and precision planning, basically inventing the modern stylish heist movie. The suits, the Minis, the attitude, it’s been copied endlessly ever since.

Here, Caine’s Charlie Croker is getting tailored up before the job really kicks off. This is Charlie preparing himself mentally as much as physically, stepping into the role of mastermind before everything goes gloriously sideways.

Included on the back of this original publicity still is a Paramount Pictures official snipe. Snipes were extra information, specific to the image, that the studio would want to include so that periodical/press write-ups could include the correct information.

• Year: 1969
• Size: 8 X 10 Inches
• Condition: Unframed
• Product Code: T6361