WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE?—-delicious in a number of ways, this slyly wicked 1978 comedy; as a witty whodunit, as a lush travelogue, as a pleasant romantic go-round, as a tantalizer to the palate.

Not only are the wonderfully pompous cuisine-kings being polished off, they exit life via their own particular culinary specialties; baked, broiled, etc. Enter brash fast-food huckster George Segal, going for seconds with his ex-wife, Jacqueline Bisset, whose specialty, appropriately, is dessert. 

Lording (and looming) over the entire biz is Robert Morley, verbally castigating and terrorizing everyone in sight, as the insufferable leviathan whose haute-cuisine magazine is the bane of every kitchen on the continent. It’s a wonderful comic turn.

A slew of great cameos, lots of enticing location scenery, a happy score, and all the fabulous food you could ever hope to indulge. Lots of fun, taking 54th box office spot in ’78 with a gross of $11,100,000. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Written by Peter Stone, shot by John Alcott, Henry Mancini on score duty. Repast served for 112 minutes, with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Madge Ryan, Stefano Satta Flores, John LeMesurier, Kenneth Fortesque, Joss Ackland.