The Wrecking Crew

The film 'The Wrecking Crew' (the fourth and final Matt Helm film starring Dean Martin) was released in late 1968 (US premiere February 1969) and registered for copyright by Meadway-Claude Productions and Columbia Pictures. Under the 1909 Copyright Act, works from the 1964–1977 era were subject to the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, which granted automatic renewal for the second 47-year term without the requirement of a renewal filing. A search of the U Penn online Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) and David Pierce's 'Motion Picture Copyrights and Renewals' confirms the original registration (LP36611, dated December 1, 1968). Because it was in its first term when the 1992 Act was passed, the copyright was automatically extended. The film is currently held by Sony Pictures (the successor to Columbia) and remains under active commercial exploitation, appearing on major streaming platforms and being included in recent DVD/Blu-ray collections, confirming it is not an orphan work. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.