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(Rudolph IV, Rudolph V, Syd Frewin), Lynne Frederick (Princess Flavia), Lionel Jeffries (General Sapt), Elke Sommer (the countess), Gregory Sierra (the count), Jeremy Kemp (Duke Michael), Catherine Schell (Antoinette), and Graham Stark (Eric). Director: Richard Quine; screenwriters: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, based on the novel by Anthony Hope; director of photography: Arthur Ibbetson; producer: Walter Mirisch. Universal Pictures, 108 minutes.

Being There (1979). Peter Sellers (Chance), Shirley MacLaine (Eve Rand), Melvyn Douglas (Benjamin Rand), Richard Dysart (Dr. Allenby), Jack Warden (the president), Richard Basehart (Vladimir Skrapinov), Ruth Attaway (Louise), Dave Clennon (Thomas Franklin), and Fran Brill (Sally). Director: Hal Ashby; screenwriters: Jerzy Kosinski and Robert C. Jones (uncredited), based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski; director of photography: Caleb Deschanel; producer: Andrew Braunsberg. Lorimar/United Artists, 130 minutes.

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980). Peter Sellers (Fu Manchu, Nayland Smith), Helen Mirren (Alice Rage), David Tomlinson (Sir Roger Avery), Sid Caesar (Joe Capone), Simon Williams (Robert Townsend), Steve Franken (Pete Williams), Stratford Johns (Ismail), John Le Mesurier (Perkins), and Burt Kwouk (servant). Directors: Piers Haggard and Peter Sellers (uncredited); screenwriters: Jim Moloney and Rudy Dochtermann, based on the Sax Rohmer novels; director of photography: Jean Tournier; producers: Zev Braun and Leland Nolan. Playboy Productions/Orion, 100 minutes.

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