After the Fox

Director: Vittorio de Sica Vittorio de Sica

Overview

In this film, Peter Sellers plays an Italian thief who can't seem to stay out of jail. His latest scheme involves moving $3 million worth of stolen gold bullion from Cairo to Rome. To cover his tracks, Sellers pretends to be a "nouvelle vague" movie director filming a crime picture.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/22/2016
UPC:	0738329200718
Original Release:	1966
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	38,018

Special Features

Trailers From Hell" with Larry Karaszewski; Trailer gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Peter Sellers	Aldo Vanucci
Britt Ekland	Gina Romantica
Victor Mature	Tony Powell
Martin Balsam	Harry
Akim Tamiroff	Okra
Paolo Stoppa	Polio
Tino Buazzelli	Siepi
Mac Ronay	Carlo
Lydia Brazzi	Mama Vanucci
Lando Buzzanca	Police Chief
Maria Grazia Buccella	Bikini Girl
Maurice Denham	Chief of Interpol
Tiberio Murgia	Detective,Detective
Francesco De Leone	Detective
Carlo Croccolo	Cafe Owner
Nino Musco	Mayor
Pier Luigi Pizzi	Doctor
Lino Mattera	Singer
Daniele Vargas	Prosecuting Counsel
Franco Sportelli	Judge
Giustino Durano	Critic
Enzo Fiermonte	Raymond
Roberto De Simone	Marcel Vignon
Piero Gerlini	1st Imprisoned
Mimmo Poli	Thick actor
Timothy Bateson	Michael O'Reilly
David Lodge	Police officer
Burt Bacharach	Composer
Piero Piccioni	Composer

Technical Credits

Neil Simon

Cesare Zavattini

Vittorio de Sica	Director
Neil Simon	Screenwriter
Cesare Zavattini	Screenwriter
Malcolm Cooke	Sound Effects
John Bryan	Producer

Editorial Reviews

While Peter Sellers is more often than not identified with his role in the Pink Panther films, some of his overlooked films take advantage of that association by utilizing the same brand of humor to carry them off. After The Fox combines not only aspects of A Shot In The Dark but some from What's New, Pussycat as well. Sellers plays a master Italian criminal who escapes from prison in order to facilitate the landing of a large cache of stolen gold. In addition to an exaggerated Italian accent, Sellers uses his fugitive status to don numerous disguises, some of such absurdity that even though he plays it relatively straight it is still very funny. His master plan for receiving the gold is to pose as a film director and pretend that the smuggling is simply part of his movie's staging. This allows Sellers to don yet another persona which is pre-disposed to a form of ridiculousness. Hollywood veteran Victor Mature is on hand as a reluctantly aging movie star who Sellers dupes into appearing in his "film" to give the illusion a boost. Indeed, Sellers is able to enrapture an entire Italian village with the promise of appearing in a movie, thereby providing a very clever swipe at the themes of glamour and celebrity. Britt Ekland plays Sellers's sister, a talentless wannabe starlet who is on the verge of turning him in to the authorities if he doesn't let her pursue her ambitions. The director, Vittorio De Sica, brings a natural European flavor to the film and gives himself a rather humorous cameo, but screenwriter Neil Simonseems to be playing it close to the vest given his body of work. Most of the bawdy laugh-out-loud situations are based more on the mugging of Sellers than any clever one-liners. The most consistently funny character is Martin Balsam's Hollywood agent, who smells a rat from the very beginning and attempts to keep Mature from making a fool of himself. It may not be a popular member of the Sellers canon, but it is still worth seeking out for a laugh.