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Although Caine also took better roles, including a BAFTA-winning turn in Educating Rita ( 1983 ), and an Oscar-winning one in Hannah and Her Sisters ( 1986 ) and a Golden Globe-nominated one in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ( 1988 ), he continued to appear in notorious duds like the thinly veiled skin flick Blame It on Rio, the Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais comedy Water and the critical-commercial flop Jaws: The Revenge ( 1987 ) ( in which he had mixed feelings about the production and the final cut ) and Bullseye!

( 1990 ); his appearing in so many films that did not meet with critical or box office acclaim made him the butt of numerous jokes on the subject.

Of the former, Caine famously said ( primarily about Jaws: The Revenge ) " I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible.

However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.

" All these film failures later became cult films among his fans today.

His other successful films ( critically and / or financially ) were the 1978 Academy Award-winning California Suite, the 1980 Golden Globe-nominated slasher film Dressed to Kill, the 1981 war film Escape to Victory, the 1982 film Deathtrap, and the 1986 Academy Award-nominated Mona Lisa.

He also starred in Without a Clue, portraying Sherlock Holmes and also acted as Chief Insp.

Frederick Abberline in the 1988 TV series ' Jack the Ripper '.