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
Diana Hyland "The Chase" (1966) with Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, and Robert Redford. In 1959, she originated the role on Broadway of Heavenly Finley in Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth", appearing with Geraldine Page and Paul Newman. In 1966, she co-starred in the movie "Smoky" in which she played Julie Richards, owner of the Rockin' R Ranch, who falls in love with Clint Barkeley (Fess Parker), owner of Smokey, a black stallion turned cutting horse. The same year she appeared in an episode of the TV series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." titled "The Candidate's Wife Affair". From 1958 to 1963, Hyland