After Tony Tenser, then a publicist, became his business partner, the two men created the Compton cinema chain and distribution company and financed Repulsion (1965) and Cul-de-sac (1966) both directed by Roman Polanski.
He devised a machine to test bombs without the need to detonate them; however, because he was a government employee, he earned no money for the invention except for a six shilling pay increase.
[4] After the War, Klinger worked on the market in the East End of London, before being offered the opportunity to invest in a Soho cinema.
Klinger sent the Ted Lewis novel Jack's Return Home to director Mike Hodges, asking whether he would be interested in adapting and directing a film version.
He continued with big budget action films, such as Gold (1974) and Shout at the Devil (1976), both starring Roger Moore and with Lee Marvin in the later.