playing on natural paranoia that assumes that everyone everywhere is on the take from someone somewhere. This attitude is too easy to represent true cynicism." Canby also criticized locations in the film that added to the confusing nature of the plot, commenting "The Next Man moves rootlessly around the world like a fretful tourist, from New York City to the Middle East, the south of France, London, Ireland, Bavaria, and the Bahamas, though nothing much happens in any one of these places that couldn't as easily happen somewhere else." Variety was not impressed, commenting, "The Next Man emerges more a slick travesty with political overtones than the cynical suspense meller it was designed to be."<ref></</ref> Producer Martin Bregman received an official protest from the Saudi government after the film was released. The film opened the same week in the United States as Two-Minute Warning and came third for the week at the U.S. box office behind it and Car Wash. References External links 1976 films 1976 action films 1970s action thriller films 1970s English-language films 1970s spy films Allied Artists films American action thriller films American spy films Films about terrorism in the United States Films directed by Richard C. Sarafian Films produced by Martin Bregman Films scored by Michael Kamen Films set in New York City Films set in Saudi Arabia Films shot in New York City 1970s American films