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Colle del Nivolet

As the bus swerves down the hillside, the occupants are flung from side to side at each hairpin bend. The large stack of stolen gold slides across the floor until eventually the rear end of the bus skids off the road and is left hanging precariously over the void below.

With the heavy stash of gold threatening to tip the bus and its passengers into the abyss, Michael Caine delivers one of the most famous final lines in movie history: ‘Hang on a minute, lads, I’ve got a great idea.’

That scene in the was shot on the slopes of the

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