MacGyver: What You Didn’t Know About The Classic Show

The Italian Job Connection

Do you remember the climactic car chase “Thief of Budapest” episode? If so, then you will recall the suspenseful scene in which MacGyver is trying to get back a stolen watch that holds top secret information of microfilm. During the show, a young Gypsy girl steals the watch from him and he has to get creative to get it back. This means creating a traffic jam which Mac does by using a Swiss Army Knife and a credit card, of course. But perhaps what is most memorable about the episode is that the iconic car chase was actually dead footage from The Italian Job.