Caccia alla volpe (After the Fox) is a 1966 Italian comedy film starring Peter Sellers and directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay, however, is in English, by Neil Simon and De Sica's longtime collaborator, Cesare Zavattini.
Despite this array of talent, the film was poorly received when it was released. It has since gained a cult following for its numerous in-jokes skewering pompous directors (including Cecil B. de Mille, John Huston, Feder...
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Caccia alla volpe (After the Fox) is a 1966 Italian comedy film starring Peter Sellers and directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay, however, is in English, by Neil Simon and De Sica's longtime collaborator, Cesare Zavattini.
Despite this array of talent, the film was poorly received when it was released. It has since gained a cult following for its numerous in-jokes skewering pompous directors (including Cecil B. de Mille, John Huston, Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni and De Sica himself); vain movie stars; their starstruck audiences; and pretentious film critics.
The story begins in Cairo with the hijacking of $3 million in gold bullion. The thieves need a way to smuggle the two tons of gold bars into Europe. There are only four master criminals considered able to smuggle the gold: one is French (but so crippled he can barely move his wheelchair); one is Irish (but so nearsighted that he is arrested after trying to hold up a police station instead of a bank); one is...
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