Robert Redford about his blond male stereotype image and turned down roles in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "The Graduate". Redford found the niche he was looking for in George Roy Hill's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), scripted by William Goldman, in which he was paired for the first time with Paul Newman. The film was a huge success and made him a major bankable star, cementing his screen image as an intelligent, reliable, sometimes sardonic good guy. Redford suffered through a few films that did not achieve box office success during this time, including "Downhill Racer" (1969); "Tell
Charles Durning Best Picture-winner, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, Durning won distinction as the crooked cop, Lt. Wm. Snyder, who polices and hustles professional con artists. He doggedly pursues the young grifter, Johnny Hooker (Redford), only to become the griftee in the end. Other film credits include "Dog Day Afternoon" with Al Pacino; "When A Stranger Calls"; "The Final Countdown"; "The Hindenburg"; "Twilight's Last Gleaming" with Burt Lancaster; "True Confessions" with Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall. Some television credits include "The Connection"; "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom", the made-for-television musical in which he played the mailman who reaches out to