Gene Wilder copies of Mel Brooks films, while "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" was not a commercial success, although it later gained a cult following and an Oscar nomination for Best Score, as well as a Golden Globe award nomination for Wilder. When Woody Allen offered him a role in one segment of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)", Wilder accepted, hoping this would be the hit to put an end to his series of flops. "Everything ... " was a hit, grossing over $18 million in the United States alone against a $2-million
Alan Caillou Devil's Brigade" (1968), "Hellfighters" (1968), "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)" (1972), "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo" (1977), "Beyond Evil" (1980), "The Sword and the Sorcerer" (1982) and "The Ice Pirates" (1984). Caillou wrote 52 paperback thrillers under his own name and the nom de plume of Alex Webb, with such heroes as Cabot Cain, Colonel Matthew Tobin, Mike Benasque, Ian Quayle and Josh Dekker, as well as writing many magazine stories. He also wrote books under female names. Several of Caillou's novels were filmed, such as "Rampage" with Robert Mitchum in 1963,