After the Fox is a 1966 engish-Italian Comedy film with Peter Sellers
Plot[]
3 million in gold has been hiajcked in egypt. Interpol considers only 4 men capable of smuggling th gold into Europe: a frenchman but so crippled he can barely move his wheelchair; a irishman but so nearsighted he is arrested after mistakes a Police Station for a Bank; a german is so fat he cant move through a door. Aldo Vanucci, a master of disguise known as The Fox is in prison. Vanucci escapes from prison and takes on the job: After watching a crowd mob the over-the-hill American matinée idol Tony Powell, it strikes Vanucci that movie stars and film crews are idolized and have free rein in society. This insight forms the basis of his plan. Posing as an Italian neo-realist director named Federico Fabrizi, he intends to bring the gold ashore in broad daylight as a scene in an avant-garde film. To give the picture an air of legitimacy, he cons Powell to star in the film, which is blatantly titled The Gold of Cairo (a play on The Gold of Naples, a film that De Sica directed in 1954). Powell's agent, Harry, is suspicious of Fabrizi, but his vain client wants to do the film. Fabrizi enlists the starstruck population of Sevalio, a tiny fishing village, to unload the shipment, but when the boat carrying the gold is delayed, Fabrizi must actually shoot scenes for his phony film to maintain the ruse.
The ship finally arrives, and the townspeople unload the gold, but Okra double-crosses Vanucci and tries to drive off with the gold. A slapstick car chase ensues and Okra, Vanucci and the police crash into each other. Vanucci, Tony Powell, Gina, Okra and the villagers are accused of being co-conspirators. Vanucci's "film" is shown as evidence in court, where a film critic proclaims the disjointed footage to be a masterpiece. Vanucci confesses his guilt, thereby exonerating the villagers, but vows to escape from prison once again. He escapes by impersonating the prison doctor again, this time tying the doctor up in his cell and walking out of the prison in his place. But when he attempts to remove his fake beard, Vanucci discovers that the beard is real and exclaims, "The wrong man has escaped!"
Cast[edit][]
- Peter Sellers as Aldo Vanucci / Federico Fabrizi
- Victor Mature as Tony Powell
- Britt Ekland as Gina Vanucci / Gina Romantica
- Martin Balsam as Harry Granoff
- Akim Tamiroff as Okra