Fans stand united for our Hamlet

Readers of a certain vintage will know where I am going with this, but there’s a scene in the 1969 classic, The Italian Job, that has been at the front of my mind for most of this week.
It comes when Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) and his London mob are cut off in the Swiss Alps by mafia boss Altabani and his crew, who have learnt of their plans for a $4 million robbery in Turin and take offence at the thought of some jumped-up criminals stealing money from under their noses. After trashing their cars, Altabani orders his men to cock their weapons, onl...