This was the last movie released by Allied Artists. Before the film could be released in the US, Allied Artists, which had backed it, collapsed, so the film only had an extremely limited release in America. This accounts for the poor box office receipts in the US, compared to the large grosses it took in elsewhere, which resulted in it being the 14th highest-grossing film worldwide) of 1978. Jeff Corey only worked one night on this. The film's European premiere, in London, was marred ...[Read Story ]