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"... 《怪贼飞天狐》：所有电影都是罪恶的。 喜剧大师彼得·塞勒斯有千面笑匠之誉，能在各种不同类型的影片中扮演各种差异性甚大的角色，本片就是一例。塞勒斯饰演一个意大利骗子，为了寻找一批黄金，假扮电影导演来到意大利的小村镇，一方面游说村民参加拍片，另一方面则假装成各种身份寻找真正的目标。
