The Italian Job is a 1969 caper film starring Michael Caine and Noël Coward. A team of criminals and expert specialists heists a gold bullion shipment in Italy. Since the filmmakers had originally intended to make a sequel, the movie ends on a literal cliffhanger, as the bus containing the crew and the gold teeters precariously off a cliffside.

The movie was remade, sans teetering, in 2003.

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• The first episode of The Muppets Mayhem pays homage to the original film's ending, as The Electric Mayhem Van is perched perilously off of its own cliffside as the episode ends.

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• Timothy Bateson played a dentist
• Michael Caine played Charlie Croker
• Mos Def played Left Ear in the 2003 film
• Seth Green played Lyle in the 2003 film
• Quincy Jones scored the film
• Frank Kelly played a prison guard
• Simon Rhee played an armored truck guard in the 2003 film
• Charlize Theron played Stella Bridger in the 2003 film
• Mark Wahlberg played Charlie Croker in the 2003 film