After the Fox (1966) Caccia alla volpe (original title)

Director:

Vittorio De Sica

Writers:

Neil Simon (play)
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Release Date:

1966 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Watch your girl, guard your gold, hold your jewels ...the fox is loose!

Plot:

Peter Sellers plays Aldo Vanucci (aka the Fox), one of the greatest criminals of the world, and master of disguise...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Sister | Italy | Disguise | Posing

Cast

Peter Sellers	...	Aldo Vanucci
Victor Mature	...	Tony Powell
Britt Ekland	...	Gina Romantica
Martin Balsam	...	Harry Granoff
Akim Tamiroff	...	Okra
Paolo Stoppa	...	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
Nino Musco	...	Mayor
Pier Luigi Pizzi	...	Doctor
Lino Mattera	...	Singer
Piero Gerlini	...	1st Jailer
Daniele Vargas	...	Prosecuting Counsel
Franco Sportelli	...	Judge
Giustino Durano	...	Critic
Mimmo Poli	...	Fat Actor
Enzo Fiermonte	...	Raymond
Roberto De Simone	...	Marcel Vignon (as Roberto De Simoni)
Angelo Spaggiari	...	Felix Kessler
Mario Del Vago	...	Manuel Ortega
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Timothy Bateson	...	Michael O'Reilly (uncredited)
Vittorio De Sica	...	Himself (uncredited)
Carlo Delle Piane	...	(uncredited)
Daniela Igliozzi	...	(uncredited)
David Lodge	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Enrico Luzi	...	Movie Director on Via Veneto (uncredited)
Carlo Pisacane	...	2nd Judge (uncredited)
Marcella Rovena	...	Salvatore's Wife (uncredited)
Lizabeth Scott	...	Actress in Tony Powell Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nino Vingelli	...	3rd Judge (uncredited)

Directed by
Vittorio De Sica

Writing credits
Neil Simon		(play "After the Fox")
Neil Simon		(screenplay) and
Cesare Zavattini		(screenplay)

Produced by
John Bryan	....	producer
Maurizio Lodi-Fè	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Piero Piccioni		(Italian version)

Cinematography by
Leonida Barboni

Film Editing by
Russell Lloyd

Production Design by
Mario Garbuglia

Costume Design by
Piero Tosi

Makeup Department
Stuart Freeborn	....	makeup artist
Amato Garbini	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Angelo Binarelli	....	production supervisor
Maurizio Lodi-Fè	....	production manager
Orazio Tassara	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luisa Alessandri	....	assistant director
Franco Cirino	....	assistant director
Giorgio Stegani	....	second unit director
Richard Talmadge	....	second unit director

Sound Department
Malcolm Cooke	....	sound editor
Roberto Cuomo	....	sound engineer
Sash Fisher	....	sound
Norman B. Schwartz	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Joseph Nathanson	....	special effects coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli	....	assistant camera
Claudio Ragona	....	camera operator
Arturo Zavattini	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Dick Horn	....	animator: main title

Editorial Department
Adriana Novelli	....	editor: Italian language version

Music Department
Burt Bacharach	....	conductor (English language version)
Charles Blackwell	....	orchestrator: Burt Bacharach
Ralph Ferraro	....	conductor (Italian language version)
The Hollies	....	performers: title song

Other crew
Maurice Binder	....	title designer
Elvira D'Amico	....	script supervisor
Valerio De Paolis	....	production secretary
Harriet Medin	....	dialogue coach (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Cinecitta Italiana Stabilimenti Cinematografici
• Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro (CCM)
• Nancy Enterprises (I) (co-production)

Distributors

• United Artists (1966) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1970) (USA) (TV) (original airing) (pan/scan)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
• CBS/Fox (1980s) (USA) (video)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Caccia alla volpe" - Italy (original title)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Italy | UK

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Argentina:14 | Finland:S | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #21291) | West Germany:6 (nf) | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Ischia Island, Naples, Campania, Italy

Company:

Cinecitta Italiana Stabilimenti Cinematografici

Trivia:

The top floor apartment where Aldo Vanucci takes a bubble bath and has policemen show up which forces him to hide in a booth (perhaps a WC) on the roof, naked and covered in soap suds, is the same old apartment and building where M. Hulot lives in the film Mon Oncle (1958).

Goofs:

Continuity: Gina Romantica rubs Tony Powell's hair dye on her face. Seconds later, the marks on her face are still there but her hands are clean.

Quotes:

Aldo Vanucci:Aagghh! If only I could steal enough to become an honest man!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Mondo Mod (1967)

Soundtrack:

After the Fox

A GREAT STUDY IN HUMAN EGO

This much forgotten film has kept me in stitches for years. My brother and I quoted lines from it for years on appropriate occasions. What a surprise to find that Victor Mature was very funny. You have to see it to believe it.

In this clever little film Neil Simon crafted one of his greatest screenplays and the actors translated it into one of the most humorous off-beat comedies of the 60's. It is hilarious even by Coen brother and Zucker brother standards.

Essentially this film is a study in human ego:

Aldo Vanucci (Peter Sellers) wants to be seen as the great master thief.

His sister (Britt Ekland) wants to be a film actress (pronounced "film akdress")

Aldo's mother wants to be the mother of famous children ("my son the director" "My daughter the akdress")

The Agent (Martin Balsam) is proud that he can see through everybody--save himself.

Tony Powell, famous film star, (Victor Mature) is an aging actor that won't accept that he's an aging actor. He wants to play young man roles even though he is in his 60's.

The Police chief wants to say "Gooda Morning" in the movie so he'll get his "Warhol allotment."

The whole town of Savalio wants: "To be inna movie."

This film is a scream. If you watch this and don't simply crack up, its obvious that farce is not your fare. It's okay--farcical humor isn't for everyone. CAVEAT: If you like this check out "The Wrong Box."

At any rate, the finale of this film (I won't give it away) surely made Fellini blush--he is so well lampooned by Simon. This film hands out the ultimate insult to the avant guard film crowd of the 60's. It has the courage to insinuate: "We don't get your films and that doesn't make you smarter than us!"