When Aldo and Gina duck into a theater to elude the cops, the movie playing is Il gigante di New York (1949) with Victor Mature and Lizabeth Scott.
One of the movie posters on the wall in Gina's room is for La Pantera Rosa, the Italian name for La pantera rosa (1963), and lists Peter Sellers as one of the stars.
First film in over five years for Victor Mature, who was lured out of retirement by Peter Sellers calling him personally.
Vittorio De Sica: as himself, directing the Biblical epic from which The Fox steals the film equipment.