AFTER THE FOX (1966) ¢ ¢
D: Vittorio De Sica
Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Martin Balsam,
Akim Tamiroff, Maurice Denham, Maria Grazia Buccella
A frantic but mostly unfunny caper comedy with Peter Sellers as a master criminal posing as a movie director while trying to intercept a shipment of stolen gold. Victor Mature, who never took himself too seriously, does a grinning self-parody. Burt Bacharach composed the music and the catchy title tune. Vittorio De Sica, directing, has a cameo playing himself. Neil Simon wrote the thing, but even he could fire a blank now and then, and this is one of those times.
