The couple was also memorably spoofed as Mr.and Mrs.Dick and Dora Charleston (cunningly played by David Niven and Maggie Smith) inMurder by Death (1976).]Beth and Tim found themselves alone in Myers house when Barry didn""t show - she spooked him by recreating the night of the initial murder.Inside, he is smoking opium with a long pipe in a shot similar to the one in the opium den, his mind entering into a drug-induced state.1 million (and with box-office revenues between $1.5 and $2 million).The Art Deco-styled Arabian Nights fantasy, the first major visual effects epic in American film-making history, had a lasting influence on other fantasy tales, but it was a box-office failure and underappreciated at the time." When Dixon approached the ring, he was not greeted as warmly, and even boxer Mike Tyson (Himself) put him down for being in a charity fight.