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Welch (Priestess of the Whip), and John Cleese (Sotheby’s director), with David Lodge and Graham Stark. Director: Joseph McGrath; screenwriters: Terry Southern and Joseph McGrath, from the novel by Terry Southern, with additional material by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Peter Sellers; director of photography: Geoffrey Unsworth; producer: Denis O’Dell. Grand Films, Ltd./Commonwealth United, 101 minutes.

Hoffman (1970). Peter Sellers (Benjamin Hoffman), Sinéad Cusack (Janet Smith), Jeremy Bulloch (Tom Mitchell), Ruth Dunning (Mrs. Mitchell), and David Lodge (foreman). Director: Alvin Rakoff; screenwriter: Ernest Gébler, based on his novel; director of photography: Gerry Turpin; producer: Ben Arbeid. Longstone/Associated British Films, 113 minutes.

Simon, Simon (1970). Graham Stark, John Junkin, Peter Sellers, Julia Foster, Norman Rossington, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Audrey Nicholson, Kenneth Earle, Tommy Godfrey, Tony Blackburn, Michael Caine, David Hemmings, Bob Monkhouse, Eric Morecambe, Peter Murray, Bernie Winters, and Ernie Wise. Director: Graham Stark; screenwriter: Graham Stark; directors of photography: Harvey Harrison and Derek Vanlint; producer: Graham Stark. Hemdale, 30 minutes.

A Day at the Beach (1970). Mark Burns (Bernie), Beatrice Edney (Winnie), Peter Sellers (trinket shop owner), Graham Stark (Pipi), Fiona Lewis (Melissa), Maurice Roeves (poet), Jack Macgowran (beach attendant), Joanna Dunham (poet’s wife), Eva Dahlbeck (café owner), Tom Heathcote (man from Ghana), Bertil Lauring (Louis), and Jorgen Kiil (Carl). Director: Simon Hessera; screenwriter: Roman Polanski, based on a novel by Heere Heeresma, translated by James Brockway; director of photography: Gil Taylor; producer: Gene Gutowski. Paramount Pictures, 90 minutes.

There’s a Girl in My Soup (1970). Peter Sellers (Robert Danvers), Goldie Hawn (Marion), Tony Britton (Andrew), Francoise Pascal (Paola), Nicky Henson (Jimmy), John Comer (John), Diana Dors (John’s wife), and Nicola Pagett (bride). Director: Roy Boulting; screenwriter: Terence Frisby, based on his stage play, with additional dialogue by Peter Kortner; director of photography: Harry Waxman; producers: M. J. Frankovich and John Boulting. Columbia Pictures, 96 minutes.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1972). Fiona Fullerton (Alice), Peter Sellers (the March Hare), Michael Crawford (the White Rabbit), Ralph Richardson (the Caterpillar), Flora Robson (the Queen of Hearts), Robert Helpmann (the Mad Hatter), Dudley Moore (Dormouse), Spike Milligan (Gryphon), Peter Bull (the Duchess), and Michael Jayston (Lewis Carroll). Director: William Sterling; screenwriter: William Sterling, based on the novel by Lewis Carroll; director of photography: Geoffrey Unsworth; producer: Derek Horne. Wham! USA/JEF Films, 97 minutes.

Where Does It Hurt? (1972). Peter Sellers (Albert T. Hopfnagel), Jo Ann Pflug (Alice Gilligan), Rick Lenz (Lester Hammond), Harold Gould (Dr. Zerny), Eve Bruce (Lamarr), Pat Morita (Mr. Nishimoto), and Kathleen Freeman (Mrs. Manzini). Director: Rod Amateau; screenwriters: Rod Amateau and Budd Robinson, based on their novel The Operator; director of photography: Brick Marquard; producers: Bill Schwartz and Rod Amateau. Hemdale, 84 minutes.

The Blockhouse (1973). Peter Sellers (Rouquet), Charles Aznavour (Visconti), Nicholas Jones (Kromer), Jeremy Kemp (Grabinski), Leon Lissek (Kozhek), Alfred Lynch (Larshen), Pier Oscarsson (Lund), Peter Vaughan (Aufret). Director: Clive Rees; screenwriters: John Gould and Clive Rees, based on the novel by Jean Paul Clebert; producers: Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Antony Rufus Isaacs; director of photography: Keith Goddard. Audley Films, Galactacus, and Hemdale Film Corporation, 88 minutes.

Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1973). Peter Sellers (General Latour, Major Robinson, Herr Schroeder, Hitler, H.R.H. General the Prince Kyoto, M. le Président des Forces Spéciales, narrator), Lila Kedrova (Madame Grenier), Curt Jurgens (General von Grotjahn), Beatrice Romand (Marie-Claude), Rex Stallings (Alan Cassidy), Patricia Burke (Mother Superior), and Rula Lenska (Louise).