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The UK Press Associate has named the main car chase in the original Italian Job as the best ever.

>In a survey of more than 3,000 people at cinema website www.pearlanddean.com, The Italian Job was named as having the best car chase of all time with a massive 25% of the vote.

>The pursuit follows three Mini Coopers around the streets of Turin, Italy, at break-neck speed.
In second place with 16% is The Blues Brothers car chase, famed for its car pile-up climax.

>Minis featured again with The Bourne Identity in third place, with 15% of the vote. The stunts were carried out on the streets of Paris.

+ Italian job ‘best movie car chase’ / UK Press Association