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After the Fox (1966)

Caccia alla volpe (original title)
Peter Sellers plays Aldo Vanucci (aka the Fox), one of the greatest criminals of the world and master of disguise. After Aldo escapes from the Italian prison he was held in, he meets again ... See full summary »

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Tony Powell
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Gina Romantica
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Harry Granoff
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Okra
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Polio
Tino Buazzelli ...
Siepi
Mac Ronay ...
Carlo
Lydia Brazzi ...
Mamma Vanucci
Lando Buzzanca ...
Police Chief
Maria Grazia Buccella ...
Bikini Girl
Maurice Denham ...
Chief of Interpol
Tiberio Murgia ...
1st Detective
Francesco De Leone ...
2nd Detective
Carlo Croccolo ...
Café Owner
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Peter Sellers plays Aldo Vanucci (aka the Fox), one of the greatest criminals of the world and master of disguise. After Aldo escapes from the Italian prison he was held in, he meets again with his friends and plans to retrieve the "gold of Cairo", a large shipment of gold that waits to be unloaded somewhere in Italy. Aldo devises the perfect plan- posing as a famous director, he finds the ideal coastal village to unload the shipment, and persuades the entire population that he has chosen their village as the set for his new movie. Everybody, including the idiot chief of the local police is so excited, that they can't even imagine that in fact they are helping the Fox to get the "gold of Cairo"... Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>

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You caught the "Pussycat"... now chase the Fox! See more »

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Comedy | Crime

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16 December 1966 (West Germany)  »

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After the Fox  »

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Trivia

Many of the Italian cast members have been dubbed by British equity members such as Irene Handl, Robert Rietty, Grégoire Aslan, Roger Delgado, and Nikki Van der Zyl among others. See more »

Goofs

At the beginning of this film, the police conferees are presented with a gold bar to examine. Based on its apparent size - it seems to be about a foot and a half long by three and a half inches wide and high - it would weigh on the order of 150 pounds. Yet it is passed around the table as if it weighed a tenth that much. See more »

Quotes

Vittorio De Sica: I want more sand in the desert!
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Connections

Remade as Tees Maar Khan (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

After the Fox
Music by Burt Bacharach
Lyrics by Hal David
Orchestration by Charles Blackwell
Performed by The Hollies and Peter Sellers
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Very clever, very delightful
28 June 2003 | by See all my reviews

This is actually my favorite Peter Sellers film, and my favorite Neil Simon script, though I suppose I'm in the minority there. I just love it to pieces, though, and re-watch it at least once a year. Sellers as thief in prison, as devoted son and stern brother, as American tourist, and especially as a Felliniesque film director--it's just terrific stuff, he is so pricelessly funny, and yet there is somehow a little less of him and more of a script than there is in the Blake Edwards films, which is why I think I like it better. And I do think Victor Mature is marvelous in it too, with a touching wistfulness underneath all the vain posturing. Ditto the chief of police. The sets are fabulous too, and so is the Bacharach music, much of it deliciously cheerfully Italianate but also the wonderfully catchy main title sung by Sellers himself with the Hollies (that would be Graham Nash later of Crosby, Stills and Nash).

There are certain things about the film that remind me of The Producers, though the comedy style is not quite the same. But anyway, not to be missed!


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