Caine classic proves just the job for movie fans

SIXTIES film classic The Italian Job has been voted the greatest British film of all time in a survey of film fans.

The original 1969 version of the film, which famously saw a gang of criminals take to the streets of Turin in Minis to steal a van full of gold, took 15% of the votes in the poll of 1,000 film fans, putting it ahead of Monty Python’s Life of Brian (7%) and The Full Monty (6%).

Anthony Hopkins was voted the greatest British actor with 12% of the vote followed closely by Laurence Olivier (10%) and The Italian Job’s original lead Michael Caine (9%).