Station Zebra (1968). Post-MGM Ransohoff then signed a deal with Columbia, who distributed his A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968), Castle Keep (1969), and Hamlet (1969). He made Catch-22 (1970) at Paramount, The Moonshine War (1970) at MGM, and 10 Rillington Place (1971) and See No Evil (1971) at Columbia. King Lear (1971) was released by a smaller company. He also made Fuzz (1972) and Save the Tiger (1973). His last film for Filmways was The White Dawn (1974). Post-Filmways In 1972 Ransohoff became an independent producer. He signed a contract with Paramount to make movies for them. Ransohoff went on to produce such films as Silver Streak (1976), Nightwing (1979), and The Wanderers (1979). He made a short lived TV series Co-Ed Fever (1979) but focused on features: A Change of Seasons (1980), American Pop (1981), Hanky Panky (1982), and Class (1983). Columbia and later films Ransohoff had success with Jagged Edge (1985) based on a script for Joe Eszterhas. It was made by Columbia who also distributed Ransohoff's The Big Town (1987), Switching Channels (1988), Physical Evidence (1989), and Welcome Home (1989). It was around that time that his company Albacore Productions had inked pacts with Columbia Pictures, which covered domestic theatrical distribution, British film distributor Rank Film Distributors, which covered international distribution and Vestron Video, which covered home video distribution for a three-film agreement. Ransohoff's later films included Guilty as Sin (1993) and Turbulence (1997). Personal life Ransohoff was married twice. His first wife was Nancy Hope Lundgren; they had four children Peter (born 1952), Karen (born 1954), and twins Steven and Kurt (born 1957). His second wife was Joan Marie Ransohoff, an artist. Ransohoff died on December 13, 2017, at his Bel Air home in Los Angeles. He was 90. Selected filmography Boys' Night Out (1962) – producer The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–71) (TV series) – executive producer The Wheeler Dealers (1963) – producer The Americanization of Emily (1964) – producer Topkapi (1964) – producer The Sandpiper (1965) – story, producer The Cincinnati Kid (1965) – producer The Loved One (1965) – executive producer (uncredited) Eye of the Devil (1967) – producer The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) – executive producer Don't Make Waves (1967) – producer Our Mother's House (1967) – executive producer Ice Station Zebra (1968) – producer A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) – executive producer Castle Keep (1969) – producer Hamlet (1969) – producer Catch-22 (1970)