Editing Irwin Allen (section)

====Television films ====
Allen also produced several television films, such as ''[[City Beneath the Sea (1971 film)|City Beneath the Sea]]'', which recycled many props and models from ''Voyage'', ''Lost in Space,'' and ''[[The Man from the 25th Century]]''. Though intended as a pilot for a new TV series project, his small-screen success from the 1960s largely eluded him in the 1970s.

''Lost in Space''{{'}}s [[Bill Mumy]] said of Allen that, while he was very good at writing television pilots that sold, his unwillingness to spend money hurt his shows' quality once on the air. A monster costume that appeared on one of his shows, for example, would appear on another a few weeks later with new paint.<ref name="pioneersoftv">"Science Fiction". ''Pioneers of Television'', January 18, 2011.</ref> Writer Jon Abbott described Allen as paradoxical. "Here was a man who, when told the cost of a spaceship for a ''Lost in Space'' alien, snapped, 'Let him walk!' ... and then let the show be cancelled rather than take a cut in the budget".<ref name="Abbott2006">{{cite book |author=Abbott |first=Jon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gq-uf3wB-TcC&pg=PA6 |title=Irwin Allen Television Productions, 1964–1970: A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants |date=3 October 2006 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8662-5 |pages=6– |language=en-us}}</ref>

In 1969, Allen signed a three-picture deal with [[Avco Embassy]] to make ''The Poseidon Adventure'', ''No Man's World'', and ''Almost Midnight'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Avco, Irwin Allen Make 3-Film Deal|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 23, 1969|page=C20}}</ref> but the deal did not lead to any films there.