Broidy retired in 1965 and Allied Artists ceased production in 1966 and became a distributor of foreign films, but restarted production with the 1972 release of "Cabaret" and followed it the next year with "Papillon". Both were critical and commercial successes, but high production and financing costs meant they were not big moneymakers for the company. Allied raised financing for their adaptation of "The Man Who Would Be King" by selling the European distribution rights to Columbia Pictures and the rest of the backing came from Canadian tax shelters. "King" was released in 1975, but received disappointing returns. That same year, it distributed the French import "Story of O", but spent much of its earnings defending itself from obscenity charges.