Roger Vadim make a star of Cindy Pickett, with whom he became romantically involved. He directed a caper film in Canada, "The Hot Touch" (1981), starring Marie-France Pisier. Back in France he wrote and directed "Surprise Party" (1983). He directed episodes of "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1984) and "Deadly Nightmares" (1986). Vadim attempted to recapture his former success with a new version of "And God Created Woman" (1988), with Rebecca de Mornay. Very different from the original – it only really used the same title – it failed critically and commercially. His final years were spent working in TV, where he directed "Safari"
Roger Vadim at the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt, and for whom he worked on several screenplays. He was an assistant director on Allegret's "Blanche Fury" (1948), a commercially unsuccessful melodrama which Allegret made for a British company in English. Vadim was one of several writers on Allegret's French-British "The Naked Heart" (1950), aka "Maria Chapdelaine", starring Michèle Morgan, as well as serving as assistant director. It was shot in French and English versions. "Blackmailed" (1951) was another film Allegret directed in England, starring Mai Zetterling and Dirk Bogarde; Vadim was credited as one of the writers. He was also one of several writers