In 1970, under the protection of the Israeli military, Klick shot the Neowestern Deadlock in Israel, starring Mario Adorf.
As a result, Klick received a number of offers for spaghetti westerns and from Hollywood, including from Steven Spielberg, all of which he turned down.
In 1979 he created the German dubbed version of George A. Romero's apocalyptic horror shocker Dawn of the Dead for Bernd Eichinger's Neue Constantin Film as dialogue author and director.
[2] Two weeks before shooting of the commissioned work Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo the producer Bernd Eichinger released Klick after disagreements.
Between 1981 and 1983 he made White Star with Dennis Hopper, whose cocaine addiction caused major problems during shooting and contributed to the fact that the film could only be realized as a fragment.