Editing Otto Preminger (section)

===Later career===

Beginning in 1965, Preminger made a string of films in which he attempted to make stories that were fresh and distinctive, but the films he made, including ''[[In Harm's Way]]'' (1965) and ''[[Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon]]'' (1970), became both critical and financial flops. One exception was ''[[Such Good Friends]]'' (1971), which earned a [[Golden Globe]] nomination for its star [[Dyan Cannon]].

Preminger made a guest appearance as "[[Mr. Freeze]]" on the ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' television series, succeeding [[George Sanders]] and preceding [[Eli Wallach]] in the role of the supervillain.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Official Batman Batbook|first=Joel|last=Eisner|year=1986|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=9780809250356}}</ref>

Preminger's ''[[Hurry Sundown (film)|Hurry Sundown]]'' (1967) is a lengthy drama set in the [[Southern United States|U.S. South]] and was partly intended to break cinematic racial and sexual taboos. However, the film was poorly received and ridiculed for a heavy-handed approach, and for the dubious casting of [[Michael Caine]] as an American Southerner. It was followed by several other films which were critical and commercial failures,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fujiwara |first1=Chris |title=Preminger, Otto |url=https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2002/great-directors/preminger/ |website=Senses of Cinema |date=10 July 2016 |access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref> including ''[[Skidoo (film)|Skidoo]]'' (1968), a failed attempt at a hip sixties comedy (and [[Groucho Marx]]'s last film), and ''[[Rosebud (1975 film)|Rosebud]]'' (1975), a terrorism thriller which was also widely ridiculed. Several publicized disputes with leading actors did further damage to Preminger's reputation. His last film, an adaptation of the [[Graham Greene]] [[Spy fiction|espionage novel]] ''[[The Human Factor (1979 film)|The Human Factor]]'' (1979), had financial problems and was barely released.