Editing Tony Curtis (section)

===''The Boston Strangler''===
Because of the poor performance of a series of comedies, Curtis fired his agent and took a pay cut to $100,000 to play the title role in ''[[The Boston Strangler (film)|The Boston Strangler]]'' (1968), his first dramatic film in several years.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 15, 1968|page=1|last=Beaupre|first=Lee|title=Rising Skepticism On Stars}}</ref> Response from the critics and public was excellent. He returned to comedy for ''[[Monte Carlo or Bust!]]'' (1969), an all-star car race film in the vein of ''The Great Race''.

He made some comic adventure tales: ''[[You Can't Win 'Em All]]'' (1970) with [[Charles Bronson]] and ''[[Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came]]'' (1970).

Curtis was signed by British producer [[Lew Grade]] for the tv series, ''[[The Persuaders!]]'', which he co-starred with [[Roger Moore]]. (1971).

He was one of the villains in ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1975 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (1975) and had the title role in the gangster film ''[[Lepke (film)|Lepke]]'' (1975). Curtis had the lead in a TV series that did not last, ''[[McCoy (TV series)|McCoy]]'' (1975–76). He was one of many names in ''[[The Last Tycoon (1976 film)|The Last Tycoon]]'' (1976) and had the title role in an Italian comedy ''[[Casanova & Co.]]'' (1977). Later, Curtis co-starred as a casino owner in the [[Robert Urich]] 1978–1981 ABC series ''[[Vega$]]'' and appeared in the 1978 movie ''[[The Users (1978 film)|The Users]]''.