which company made the most monster films. He was told the most prolific were Hammer Studios in England and Toho Studios in Japan. As Hammer already had American distributors, Saperstein formed a relationship with Toho and arranged for U.S. actors to appear in such films as Invasion of Astro-Monster and Frankenstein vs. Baragon (both starring Nick Adams), and The War of the Gargantuas (with Russ Tamblyn). During the mid-'60s spy craze, Saperstein acquired the rights to a Japanese James Bond-type film Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi. When American preview audiences laughed at the film, Saperstein had the idea to hire comedian Lenny Bruce to write alternative comedy dialogue for the film for a group of actors to dub the original actors. When Bruce refused the project, Saperstein hired Woody Allen for the project that was originally meant to be a television special, but was expanded for cinema release with padding by the musical group The Lovin' Spoonful. The resulting film would be titled What's Up, Tiger Lily? He continued to produce a variety of films and television shows such as T.A.M.I. Show and was an executive producer on the 1968 feature film Hell in the Pacific. Death He died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California on June 24, 1998 at age 80. Notes External links Roberto, John Rocco. Fall 1995. "An Interview with Henry G. Saperstein", *Kaiju Fan Online. Originally published in G-Fan. "An Interview with Henry G. Saperstein" 1918 births 1998 deaths American film producers 20th-century American businesspeople