Barefoot in the Park (TV series) "The Odd Couple" (Jerry Paris, Harvey Miller, Bruce Bilson and Garry Marshall among others). Barefoot in the Park (TV series) Barefoot in the Park is an American sitcom that aired in 1970 on ABC. Based on the Neil Simon Broadway play of the same name, the series cast members are predominantly black, making it the first American television sitcom since "Amos 'n' Andy" to have a predominantly black cast (Vito Scotti is the sole major white character). "Barefoot in the Park" had also previously been a 1967 film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. Scoey Mitchell plays Paul Bratter, a
Angie Dickinson a star-studded Arthur Penn/Sam Spiegel production, "The Chase" (1966), along with Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford and Robert Duvall. That same year, she was featured in "Cast a Giant Shadow", a war story with Kirk Douglas. Dickinson's best movie of this era was believed to have been John Boorman's cult classic "Point Blank" (1967), a lurid crime drama with Lee Marvin as a criminal betrayed by his wife and best friend and out for revenge. The film epitomized the stark urban mood of the period, and its reputation has grown through the years. Westerns would continue to be a